godan verb (v5g, vi) · N5
泳ぐoyogu
to swim
- to struggle througha crowd
- to make one's way through the world
- to get alongin life
Remember it
Connect the sound to "oh, yoga". Picture a yoga pose turning into a swimming motion in a scene for "to swim" so the sound points straight back to the meaning.
Forms
Non-past affirmative | Past affirmative | Non-past negative | Past negative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Informal plain form | 泳ぐ | 泳いだ | 泳がない | 泳がなかった |
Formal -masu base | 泳ぎます | 泳ぎました | 泳ぎません | 泳ぎませんでした |
te-form
泳いで
connector — “… and then”
Godan verb — the final kana shifts depending on the form.
Learning status
learning
Recognition2 / 5
Recall2 / 5
Reading2 / 5