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JAPANESE VERB

かせぐ

稼ぐ

to earn

  • #333 most used
  • Godan verb (u-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI earn
NegativeI don’t earn

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI earned
NegativeI didn’t earn

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formearning, and…
Doing now (て います)I am earning
Please (て ください)please earn

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can earn
NegativeI can’t earn

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s earn

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am earned
CausativeI make someone earn

How to use かせぐ

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

  1. Present and future

    あに は アルバイト で つき に じゅうまんえん かせぎます。

    My brother earns a hundred thousand yen a month from his part-time job.

  2. Past

    なつ の あいだ に さんじゅうまんえん かせいだ。

    Over the summer I earned three hundred thousand yen.

  3. Te-form

    むすこ は じぶん で がくひ を かせいで いる。

    My son is earning his own tuition.

  4. Potential

    この しごと で、 どの くらい かせげます か。

    How much can you earn with this job?

  5. Want to

    らいねん は ことし の ばい かせぎたい。

    Next year I want to earn double what I did this year.

  6. Volitional

    しゅうまつ も はたらいて、 すこし でも かせごう。

    Let's work weekends too and earn even a little.

  7. Conditional

    たくさん かせげば、 ぜいきん も たかく なる。

    If you earn a lot, your taxes go up too.

  8. Commands and requests

    じぶん の おこづかい は じぶん で かせぎなさい。

    Earn your own pocket money.

  9. Passive and causative

    いもうと は おっと に かせがせて、 じぶん は あそんで いる。

    My sister has her husband earn the money and plays around herself.

Good to know

  • かせぐ is to earn by working, often with effort; a salary you receive is もらう. じかん を かせぐ is to buy time.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).