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JAPANESE VERB

なげる

投げる

to throw

  • #277 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 throw
NegativeI don’t throw

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI threw
NegativeI didn’t throw

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formthrowing, and…
Doing now (て います)I am throwing
Please (て ください)please throw

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can throw
NegativeI can’t throw

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s throw

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am thrown
CausativeI make someone throw

How to use なげる

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

  1. Present and future

    まいにち こうえん で ボール を なげる。

    I throw a ball in the park every day.

  2. Past

    せつぶん に まめ を なげました。

    At Setsubun we threw beans.

  3. Te-form

    ベン、 ボール を こっち に なげて！

    Ben, throw the ball over here!

  4. Potential

    けんた は ボール を とおく まで なげられます。

    Kenta can throw a ball a long way.

  5. Want to

    ぼく も まめ を なげたい。

    I want to throw beans too.

  6. Volitional

    おに に まめ を なげましょう！

    Let's throw beans at the demon!

  7. Conditional

    ごみ を なげれば、 おこられる よ。

    If you throw rubbish, you'll get told off.

  8. Commands and requests

    いし を なげないで ください。

    Please don't throw stones.

  9. Passive and causative

    こども に ゆき を なげられた。

    A kid threw snow at me.

Where you hear なげる

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

Japanese · Beginner Level 3

  • せつぶん に は まめ を なげます。 At Setsubun, we throw beans.
  • おに に まめ を なげました。 I threw beans at the demon.
  • らいねん も まめ を なげましょう。 Let's throw beans next year too.

Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • ぼく は ボール を なげる の が へた だ。 I'm bad at throwing a ball.
  • あそこ に なげた。 I threw it over there.
  • こんど は、 もっと とおく に なげる。 Next time, I'll throw it further.
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Demons Out

Beginner Level 3 · なげます

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Intermediate Level 2 · なげて

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Verbs like this one

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