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JAPANESE VERB

うごかす

動かす

to move something

  • #316 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 move something
NegativeI don’t move something

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI moved something
NegativeI didn’t move something

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formmoving something, and…
Doing now (て います)I am moving something
Please (て ください)please move something

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can move something
NegativeI can’t move something

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to move something
NegativeI don’t want to move something

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s move something

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am moved something
CausativeI make someone move something

How to use うごかす

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

  1. Present and future

    まいあさ すこし からだ を うごかします。

    Every morning I get a bit of exercise.

  2. Past

    ひとり で つくえ を まど の そば に うごかした。

    I moved the desk next to the window by myself.

  3. Te-form

    その はこ を ちょっと うごかして もらえます か。

    Could you move that box a little?

  4. Potential

    この たんす は おもくて、 うごかせません。

    This chest of drawers is too heavy; I can't move it.

  5. Want to

    ソファ を かべ の ほう に うごかしたい。

    I want to move the sofa towards the wall.

  6. Volitional

    ふたり で ベッド を うごかそう。

    Let's move the bed together.

  7. Conditional

    いす を うごかしたら、 ゆか に きず が ついた。

    When I moved the chair, the floor got scratched.

  8. Commands and requests

    けが を して いる から、 あし を うごかさないで。

    You're injured, so don't move your leg.

  9. Passive and causative

    かって に いす を うごかされて、 いや だった。

    Someone moved my chair without asking, and I didn't like it.

Good to know

  • うごかす is to move something or get it going; うごく is for what moves by itself.
  • からだ を うごかす is to get some exercise.

Verbs like this one

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