担ぐ (katsugu) conjugation
to shoulder, to carry on shoulder
担ぐ (かつぐ, katsugu) is a godan verb. Godan verbs change their final kana up and down its column of the kana chart — the a-row for negatives, the i-row before ます, the e-row for potential and ば. Every form below is tappable — hear it, then say it back.
Conjugation table
| Form | Plain (casual) | Polite (~ます) | When you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary / plain | 担ぐ katsugu | 担ぎます katsugimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 担がない katsuganai | 担ぎません katsugimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 担いだ katsuida | 担ぎました katsugimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 担がなかった katsuganakatta | 担ぎませんでした katsugimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 担いで katsuide | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 担いでいる katsuideiru | 担いでいます katsuideimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 担ぎたい katsugitai | 担ぎたいです katsugitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 担ごう katsugou | 担ぎましょう katsugimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 担げる katsugeru | 担げます katsugemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 担がれる katsugareru | 担がれます katsugaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 担がせる katsugaseru | 担がせます katsugasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 担がされる katsugasareru | 担がされます katsugasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 担げ katsuge | 担いでください katsuidekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 担ぐな katsuguna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 担げば katsugeba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 担いだら katsuidara | — | “if / when ~”. The everyday conditional. |
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Why it conjugates this way
Godan verbs change their final kana up and down its column of the kana chart — the a-row for negatives, the i-row before ます, the e-row for potential and ば.
See the full rules on the verb conjugation guide.