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JAPANESE VERB

くつろぐ

to relax, to make yourself at home

  • #309 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 relax
NegativeI don’t relax

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI relaxed
NegativeI didn’t relax

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formrelaxing, and…
Doing now (て います)I am relaxing
Please (て ください)please relax

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can relax
NegativeI can’t relax

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s relax

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am relaxed
CausativeI make someone relax

How to use くつろぐ

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

  1. Present and future

    やすみ の ひ は いえ で くつろぎます。

    On my days off I relax at home.

  2. Past

    おんせん で ゆっくり くつろいだ。

    I had a good long relax at the hot spring.

  3. Te-form

    どうぞ、 じぶん の いえ だ と おもって くつろいで ください。

    Please make yourself at home.

  4. Potential

    この ソファ なら、 ほんとう に くつろげる。

    On this sofa, you can really relax.

  5. Want to

    しゅうまつ は なにも しないで くつろぎたい。

    This weekend I want to relax and do nothing.

  6. Volitional

    しごと の はなし は やめて、 くつろごう。

    Let's stop talking about work and relax.

  7. Conditional

    おふろ に はいって くつろげば、 よく ねむれます よ。

    If you take a bath and relax, you'll sleep well.

  8. Commands and requests

    きょう は なにも しないで、 くつろぎなさい。

    Do nothing today and just relax.

  9. Passive and causative

    ねこ に ベッド の まんなか で くつろがれて、 ねられない。

    The cat is lounging in the middle of the bed, and I can't sleep.

Good to know

  • どうぞ くつろいで ください is what a host says to a guest: make yourself at home.

Verbs like this one

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