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JAPANESE VERB

あげる

上げる

to raise, to put up

  • Ichidan verb (ru-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI raise
NegativeI don’t raise

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI raised
NegativeI didn’t raise

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formraising, and…
Doing now (て います)I am raising
Please (て ください)please raise

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can raise
NegativeI can’t raise

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to raise
NegativeI don’t want to raise

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s raise

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I raise
  2. If, when (たら) if I raise

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) raise (do it)
  2. Plain command raise!
  3. Please don’t please don’t raise

Passive and causative

受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am raised
CausativeI make someone raise

How to use あげる

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present and future

    しつもん が ある ひと は、 て を あげます。

    Anyone with a question raises their hand.

  2. Past

    みせ は、 せんげつ ランチ の ねだん を あげた。

    The shop put its lunch prices up last month.

  3. Te-form

    あたま を あげて、 まえ を みて ください。

    Lift your head and look ahead.

  4. Potential

    この おもい はこ、 ひとり で あげられます か？

    Can you lift this heavy box up alone?

  5. Want to

    らいねん は きゅうりょう を あげたい。

    Next year I want to raise salaries.

  6. Volitional

    さむい から、 だんぼう の おんど を あげよう。

    It's cold, let's turn the heating up.

  7. Conditional

    こえ を あげれば、 うしろ まで きこえます。

    If you raise your voice, they'll hear you at the back.

  8. Commands and requests

    わかった ひと は て を あげなさい。

    Those who understand, raise your hand.

  9. Passive and causative

    らいげつ から、 でんしゃ の うんちん が あげられます。

    From next month, train fares are being put up.

Good to know

  • あげる, to raise, is the pair of あがる, to go up by itself: ねだん を あげる, ねだん が あがる.
  • Same kana as あげる, to give: て を あげる is to raise your hand, but はな を あげる is to give flowers.

Where you hear あげる

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Japanese · Intermediate Level 3

  • けいご で は、 あいて を あげて、 じぶん を さげます。 In polite language, you raise the other person and lower yourself.
  • きょねん、 へや の ねだん を すこし あげました。 Last year, I put the room prices up a little.
  • あした の じゅぎょう で も、 て を あげます。 In tomorrow's class too, I'll raise my hand.

Japanese · Advanced Level 2

  • けいご で は、 あいて を あげて、 じぶん を さげます。 In polite language, you raise the other person and lower yourself.
  • きょねん、 へや の ねだん を すこし あげました。 Last year, I put the room prices up a little.
  • あした の じゅぎょう で も、 て を あげます。 In tomorrow's class too, I'll raise my hand.
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The price rise

Advanced Level 2 · どこ も、 あげて います。

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The festival jacket

Fluency Level 1 · うで で あげる な。

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: ichidan verb (ru-verb).