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JAPANESE VERB

ひろげる

広げる

to spread, to open out

  • #452 most used
  • Ichidan verb (ru-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI spread
NegativeI don’t spread

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI spread
NegativeI didn’t spread

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formspreading, and…
Doing now (て います)I am spreading
Please (て ください)please spread

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can spread
NegativeI can’t spread

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s spread

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am spread
CausativeI make someone spread

How to use ひろげる

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

  1. Present and future

    しき の まえ に、 にわ に シート を ひろげます。

    Before the ceremony, we'll spread a sheet in the garden.

  2. Past

    テーブル に ちず を ひろげた。

    I spread the map out on the table.

  3. Te-form

    うで を おおきく ひろげて、 いき を すって。

    Spread your arms wide and breathe in.

  4. Potential

    せまくて、 ふとん が ひろげられない。

    It's so cramped I can't lay out the futon.

  5. Want to

    いつか みせ を ひろげたい、 と ちち は いう。

    My father says he wants to expand the shop one day.

  6. Volitional

    き の した に シート を ひろげよう。

    Let's spread the sheet under the tree.

  7. Conditional

    ちず を ひろげれば、 みち が わかる。

    If you open the map out, you'll see the way.

  8. Commands and requests

    あし を かた の はば に ひろげなさい。

    Spread your feet shoulder-width apart.

  9. Passive and causative

    テーブル いっぱい に しょるい が ひろげられて いた。

    Papers had been spread all over the table.

Good to know

  • ひろげる is to spread something out; ひろがる is for what spreads by itself: うわさ が ひろがる.

Where you hear ひろげる

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Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • まいあさ、 まど の まえ で うで を ひろげる。 Every morning, I stretch my arms out by the window.
  • はなび の ひ、 あさ から シート を ひろげた。 On the day of the fireworks, I spread the sheet out from the morning.
  • あした、 ちず を テーブル に ひろげる よ。 Tomorrow I'll spread the map out on the table.
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The Morning

Intermediate Level 2 · ひろげて

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