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JAPANESE VERB

こげる

焦げる

to burn, food

  • #417 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 burn
NegativeI don’t burn

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI burned
NegativeI didn’t burn

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formburning, and…
Doing now (て います)I am burning
Please (て ください)please burn

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can burn
NegativeI can’t burn

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s burn

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am burned
CausativeI make someone burn

How to use こげる

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

  1. Present and future

    この なべ は すぐ こげます。

    Things burn right away in this pan.

  2. Past

    トースト が まっくろ に こげた。

    The toast burned black.

  3. Te-form

    なにか こげて いる におい が する。

    Something smells like it's burning.

  4. Potential

    この なべ、 こげられない って ほんとう？

    Is it true this pan can't burn?

  5. Want to

    なつ の うみ で まっくろ に こげたい。

    At the beach this summer I want to get burnt black.

  6. Volitional

    よわび なら、 こげよう が ない。

    On low heat there's no way it can burn.

  7. Conditional

    パン が こげたら、 すぐ ひ を とめて。

    If the bread starts to burn, turn off the heat right away.

  8. Commands and requests

    おねがい、 もう こげないで ください。

    Please, don't burn on me again.

  9. Passive and causative

    め を はなして、 さかな を こげさせた。

    I looked away and let the fish burn.

Good to know

  • こげる is what the food does; こがす is what the cook does: パン を こがした.

Where you hear こげる

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 1

  • ベン、 にく が こげてる よ！ Ben, the meat's burning!
  • トースト が こげた。 The toast burned.
  • はやく たべない と、 こげる よ。 If you don't eat it soon, it'll burn.
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Intermediate Level 1 · こげてる！

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Verbs like this one

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