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JAPANESE VERB

まげる

曲げる

to bend

  • #454 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 bend
NegativeI don’t bend

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI bent
NegativeI didn’t bend

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formbending, and…
Doing now (て います)I am bending
Please (て ください)please bend

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can bend
NegativeI can’t bend

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s bend

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am bent
CausativeI make someone bend

How to use まげる

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

  1. Present and future

    スキー で は ひざ を まげる。

    In skiing you bend your knees.

  2. Past

    たいそう で うしろ に からだ を まげました。

    In the exercises I bent backwards.

  3. Te-form

    ひざ を すこし まげて ください。

    Please bend your knees a little.

  4. Potential

    こし が いたくて、 まげられません。

    My back hurts, I can't bend it.

  5. Want to

    この ぼう を まげたい けど、 かたい。

    I want to bend this rod, but it's stiff.

  6. Volitional

    からだ を まえ に まげましょう。

    Let's bend forward.

  7. Conditional

    ひざ を まげれば、 ころばない よ。

    If you bend your knees, you won't fall.

  8. Commands and requests

    せなか を まげないで ください。

    Please don't hunch your back.

  9. Passive and causative

    かぜ に かさ を まげられた。

    The wind bent my umbrella.

Good to know

  • まげる is bending something; まがる is turning a corner, or a thing bending by itself.

Where you hear まげる

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

Japanese · Beginner Level 3

  • スキー で は、 ひざ を まげます。 In skiing, you bend your knees.
  • ひざ を まげました。 I bent my knees.
  • あした は もっと ひざ を まげます。 Tomorrow I'll bend my knees more.
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Skiing

Beginner Level 3 · まげて ください

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Verbs like this one

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