継が
つが · tsuga
JLPT N1 verb 未然形
継が is the negative stem of 継ぐ — to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.), to inherit, to take over, to follow.
- to patch (clothes), to mend, to repair
- to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire), to replenish with, to feed with, to follow up with (e.g. remarks), to gather (one's breath)
How it’s built
継ぐ
継が
Negative stem (未然形). Never used alone — it is the base for ない (not), れる/られる (passive), せる/させる (causative): 書か → 書かない.
継ぐ is a godan verb (u-verb), so it follows that pattern.
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Three more forms of 継ぐ. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 継ぐ
| Polite (ます形) | 継ぎますつぎます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 継ぎませんつぎません |
| Polite past (ました) | 継ぎましたつぎました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 継ぎませんでしたつぎませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 継ぎましょうつぎましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 継ぎつぎ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 継ぎたいつぎたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 継ぎながらつぎながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 継いでついで |
| Plain past (た形) | 継いだついだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 継いだらついだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 継いでいるついでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 継がないつがない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 継がなかったつがなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 継がなくてつがなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 継げるつげる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 継げばつげば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 継げつげ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 継ごうつごう |
| Passive (受身形) | 継がれるつがれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 継がせるつがせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 継がされるつがされる |
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Other forms and spellings
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