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JAPANESE VERB

かつぐ

担ぐ

to carry on the shoulders

  • Godan verb (u-verb)

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI carry on the shoulders
NegativeI don’t carry on the shoulders

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI carried on the shoulders
NegativeI didn’t carry on the shoulders

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formcarrying on the shoulders, and…
Doing now (て います)I am carrying on the shoulders
Please (て ください)please carry on the shoulders

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can carry on the shoulders
NegativeI can’t carry on the shoulders

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to carry on the shoulders
NegativeI don’t want to carry on the shoulders

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s carry on the shoulders

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I carry on the shoulders
  2. If, when (たら) if I carry on the shoulders

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) carry on the shoulders (do it)
  2. Plain command carry on the shoulders!
  3. Please don’t please don’t carry on the shoulders

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am carried on the shoulders
CausativeI make someone carry on the shoulders

How to use かつぐ

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

  1. Present and future

    おまつり で は、 まいとし おみこし を かつぎます。

    At the festival, I carry the portable shrine every year.

  2. Past

    おとうと が、 おおきな にもつ を かた に かついだ。

    My brother hoisted a big bag onto his shoulder.

  3. Te-form

    おもい にもつ を かついで、 さか を のぼった。

    I climbed the hill with the heavy bag on my shoulder.

  4. Potential

    この はこ なら、 ひとり で かつげます。

    This box, I can carry on my shoulder alone.

  5. Want to

    らいねん こそ、 おみこし を かつぎたい。

    Next year for sure, I want to carry the shrine.

  6. Volitional

    ふたり で、 この き を かつごう。

    Let's carry this log between us on our shoulders.

  7. Conditional

    かた に かつげば、 かいだん も らく です。

    If you put it on your shoulder, the stairs are easy too.

  8. Commands and requests

    おもい にもつ は、 ひきずらないで かた に かつぎなさい。

    Don't drag the heavy bag, carry it on your shoulder.

  9. Passive and causative

    エイプリル フール に、 どうりょう に かつがれた。

    On April Fools' Day, my colleagues had me.

Good to know

  • かつぐ is carrying on the shoulder: おみこし を かつぐ, にもつ を かつぐ. On the back is せおう, in the arms is だっこ する.
  • It also means to trick someone, as in かつがれた, I was had; and えんぎ を かつぐ, to be superstitious.

Where you hear かつぐ

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

Japanese · Advanced Level 3

  • おまつり で は、 おとこ の ひと が おみこし を かつぐ。 At the festival, the men carry the portable shrine.
  • きょねん、 はじめて おみこし を かついだ。 Last year I carried the portable shrine for the first time.
  • ごがつ の おまつり で、 ベン が かつぐ の よ。 At the May festival, Ben carries.

Japanese · Fluency Level 1

  • まいとし、 おみこし を かつぐ。 Every year I carry the shrine.
  • きょねん、 おみこし を かついだ。 Last year I carried the shrine.
  • あした、 はじめて おみこし を かつぎます。 Tomorrow I'll carry a shrine for the first time.

Verbs like this one

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