漕ぐ
こぐ · kogu
To row, to paddle, to scull, to pull (the oars)
- to pedal (a bicycle, etc.)
- to swing (on a swing)
- to work (a hand pump)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 漕ぎますこぎます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 漕ぎませんこぎません |
| Polite past (ました) | 漕ぎましたこぎました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 漕ぎませんでしたこぎませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 漕ぎましょうこぎましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 漕ぎこぎ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 漕ぎたいこぎたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 漕ぎながらこぎながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 漕いでこいで |
| Plain past (た形) | 漕いだこいだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 漕いだらこいだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 漕いでいるこいでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 漕がないこがない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 漕がなかったこがなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 漕がなくてこがなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 漕げるこげる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 漕げばこげば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 漕げこげ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 漕ごうこごう |
| Passive (受身形) | 漕がれるこがれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 漕がせるこがせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 漕がされるこがされる |
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What does 漕ぐ mean?
To row, to paddle, to scull, to pull (the oars). It can also mean: to pedal (a bicycle, etc.); to swing (on a swing); to work (a hand pump).
How do you pronounce 漕ぐ?
こぐ (kogu). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
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