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JAPANESE VERB

すすめる

進める

to go ahead with, to move something forward

  • Ichidan verb (ru-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI go ahead with
NegativeI don’t go ahead with

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI went ahead with
NegativeI didn’t go ahead with

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formgoing ahead with, and…
Doing now (て います)I am going ahead with
Please (て ください)please go ahead with

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can go ahead with
NegativeI can’t go ahead with

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to go ahead with
NegativeI don’t want to go ahead with

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s go ahead with

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I go ahead with
  2. If, when (たら) if I go ahead with

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am gone ahead with
CausativeI make someone go ahead with

How to use すすめる

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

  1. Present and future

    けいやく の てつづき は、 わたし が すすめます。

    I'll push the contract procedure forward.

  2. Past

    きのう、 ひっこし の じゅんび を すすめた。

    Yesterday I got on with the preparations for the move.

  3. Te-form

    いま、 あたらしい プロジェクト を すすめて います。

    We're moving a new project forward right now.

  4. Potential

    よさん が きまれば、 けいかく を すすめられます。

    Once the budget is decided, we can go ahead with the plan.

  5. Want to

    はなし を、 もう すこし ぐたいてき に すすめたい。

    I'd like to move the discussion onto more concrete ground.

  6. Volitional

    では、 この あん で すすめましょう。

    Right, let's go ahead with this plan.

  7. Conditional

    いま すすめれば、 なつ まで に おわります。

    If we go ahead now, it'll be finished by summer.

  8. Commands and requests

    わたし の へんじ を またず に、 すすめなさい。

    Go ahead without waiting for my answer.

  9. Passive and causative

    けいかく は、 ちゃくじつ に すすめられて いる。

    The plan is being steadily moved forward.

Good to know

  • すすめる is you moving something forward: けいかく を すすめる, はなし を すすめる. すすむ is it moving forward by itself: しごと が すすむ.
  • Same kana as すすめる, to recommend: この ほん を すすめる. The sentence tells them apart.

Where you hear すすめる

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

Japanese · Fluency Level 1

  • いま、 よやく の てつづき を すすめて います。 I'm going ahead with the booking procedure now.
  • きのう、 けいやく を すすめた。 Yesterday I went ahead with the contract.
  • あした、 けいやく を すすめさせて いただきます。 Tomorrow we'll go ahead with the contract.
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The old house

Fluency Level 1 · では、 けいやく を、 すすめさせて いただきます。

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Verbs like this one

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