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JAPANESE VERB

おごる

to treat someone

  • #195 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 treat someone
NegativeI don’t treat someone

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI treated someone
NegativeI didn’t treat someone

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formtreating someone, and…
Doing now (て います)I am treating someone
Please (て ください)please treat someone

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can treat someone
NegativeI can’t treat someone

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to treat someone
NegativeI don’t want to treat someone

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s treat someone

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am treated someone
CausativeI make someone treat someone

How to use おごる

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

  1. Present and future

    きょう は わたし が おごります。

    Today it's on me.

  2. Past

    きのう は ぼく が ゆい に おごった。

    Yesterday I treated Yui.

  3. Te-form

    きょう は コーヒー を おごって あげる。

    I'll buy you a coffee today.

  4. Potential

    きゅうりょう が でた から、 おごれる よ。

    I got paid, so I can treat you.

  5. Want to

    たすけて もらった から、 おごりたい。

    You helped me, so I want to treat you.

  6. Volitional

    しょうしん したら、 みんな に おごろう。

    When I get promoted, I'll treat everyone.

  7. Conditional

    けんた が おごれば、 みんな くる よ。

    If Kenta's paying, everyone will come.

  8. Commands and requests

    むり して おごらないで ください。

    Please don't treat me if it's a stretch for you.

  9. Passive and causative

    いつも せんぱい に おごられて ばかり だ。

    I'm always being treated by my seniors.

Good to know

  • おごる takes に: ともだち に おごる. ぼく の おごり, it's on me.

Where you hear おごる

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 1

  • ともだち の たんじょうび に は ごはん を おごる。 I treat my friends to a meal on their birthdays.
  • きのう、 けんた に コーヒー を おごった。 Yesterday I treated Kenta to coffee.
  • しけん の あと、 やきにく を おごる よ。 After the exams, I'll treat you to barbecued meat.

Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • ベン は いつも ラーメン を おごって くれる。 Ben always treats me to ramen.
  • ゆい に すし を おごった。 I treated Yui to sushi.
  • らいしゅう は ぼく が おごる。 Next week I'm paying.
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Verbs like this one

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