Conjugation

下げる

さげるsageru

lower

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 抱える, あふれる, 出かける

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下げますさげますsagemasu
    2. negative下げませんさげませんsagemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative下げましたさげましたsagemashita
    2. negative下げませんでしたさげませんでしたsagemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 下げてさげてsagete
    2. request下げてくださいさげてくださいsagete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 下げましょうさげましょうsagemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative下げたいさげたいsagetai
    2. negative下げたくないさげたくないsagetakunai
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下げるさげるsageru
    2. negative下げないさげないsagenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative下げたさげたsageta
    2. negative下げなかったさげなかったsagenakatta

  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下げているさげているsagete iru
    2. polite下げていますさげていますsagete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain下げられるさげられるsagerareru
    2. polite下げられますさげられますsageraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 下げたらさげたらsagetara

  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下げられるさげられるsagerareru
    2. polite下げられますさげられますsageraremasu
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. 下げようさげようsageyō

  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下げろさげろsagero
    2. ban下げるなさげるなsageru 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下げればさげればsagereba
    2. negative下げなければさげなければsagenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain下げさせるさげさせるsagesaseru
    2. polite下げさせますさげさせますsagesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain下げさせられるさげさせられるsagesaserareru
    2. polite下げさせられますさげさせられますsagesaseraremasu