Conjugation

くぐる

kuguru

pass under

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 引きずる, 弱る, 近寄る

Newbie

The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmativeくぐりますkugurimasu
    2. negativeくぐりませんkugurimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmativeくぐりましたkugurimashita
    2. negativeくぐりませんでしたkugurimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. くぐってkugutte
    2. requestくぐってくださいkugutte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. くぐりましょうkugurimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmativeくぐりたいkuguritai
    2. negativeくぐりたくないkuguritakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · Potential · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (6)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmativeくぐるkuguru
    2. negativeくぐらないkuguranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmativeくぐったkugutta
    2. negativeくぐらなかったkuguranakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plainくぐっているkugutte iru
    2. politeくぐっていますkugutte imasu

  4. Potential

    What you can do. Its object often takes が: 日本語が話せる.

    1. plainくぐれるkugureru
    2. politeくぐれますkuguremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. くぐったらkuguttara

  6. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plainくぐられるkugurareru
    2. politeくぐられますkuguraremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passiveAlso show the Intermediate forms (5)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. くぐろうkugurō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. orderくぐれkugure
    2. banくぐるなkuguru na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmativeくぐればkugureba
    2. negativeくぐらなければkuguranakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plainくぐらせるkuguraseru
    2. politeくぐらせますkugurasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plainくぐらせられるkuguraserareru
    2. politeくぐらせられますkuguraseraremasu