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JAPANESE VERB

すごす

過ごす

to spend, time

  • #165 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 spend
NegativeI don’t spend

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI spent
NegativeI didn’t spend

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formspending, and…
Doing now (て います)I am spending
Please (て ください)please spend

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can spend
NegativeI can’t spend

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s spend

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am spent
CausativeI make someone spend

How to use すごす

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

  1. Present and future

    しゅうまつ は いつも いえ で すごします。

    I always spend the weekend at home.

  2. Past

    ことし の なつ は うみ の ちかく で すごした。

    This summer I spent near the sea.

  3. Te-form

    いなか で のんびり すごして います。

    I'm taking it easy in the countryside.

  4. Potential

    ここ なら しずか に すごせます。

    Here you can spend your time in peace.

  5. Want to

    おしょうがつ は かぞく と すごしたい。

    I want to spend New Year's with my family.

  6. Volitional

    きょう は なにも しないで、 ゆっくり すごそう。

    Let's do nothing and take it easy today.

  7. Conditional

    たのしく すごせば、 じかん は はやい。

    If you're having fun, time goes fast.

  8. Commands and requests

    あつい ひ は すずしい ところ で すごしなさい。

    On hot days, stay somewhere cool.

  9. Passive and causative

    せんせい は なつやすみ を どう すごされました か。

    How did you spend your summer holiday, sir?

Good to know

  • すごす is for time; money you つかう.
  • In すごされました the passive form is used as an honorific, a polite way to ask about someone's time.

Where you hear すごす

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • しゅうまつ は いつも うち で のんびり すごす。 I always spend weekends relaxing at home.
  • おきなわ で よっか すごした。 We spent four days in Okinawa.
  • こんど の やすみ は、 ふたり で ゆっくり すごす。 Next holiday, we'll spend it slowly, just the two of us.
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Intermediate Level 2 · すごして

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