次ぐ (tsugu) conjugation
to rank next to, to come after
次ぐ (つぐ, tsugu) 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 | 次ぐ tsugu | 次ぎます tsugimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 次がない tsuganai | 次ぎません tsugimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 次いだ tsuida | 次ぎました tsugimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 次がなかった tsuganakatta | 次ぎませんでした tsugimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 次いで tsuide | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 次いでいる tsuideiru | 次いでいます tsuideimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 次ぎたい tsugitai | 次ぎたいです tsugitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 次ごう tsugou | 次ぎましょう tsugimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 次げる tsugeru | 次げます tsugemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 次がれる tsugareru | 次がれます tsugaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 次がせる tsugaseru | 次がせます tsugasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 次がされる tsugasareru | 次がされます tsugasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 次げ tsuge | 次いでください tsuidekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 次ぐな tsuguna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 次げば tsugeba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 次いだら tsuidara | — | “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.