泳ぐ
およぐ
to swim
Godan verbJLPT N5
Example Sentences
私は毎日泳ぎます。
I swim every day.
昨日、海で泳ぎました。
I swam in the sea yesterday.
今日は泳ぎません。
I won't swim today.
Grammar Notes & Usage Tips
•Use を after the place when treating it like a direct object, as in プールを泳ぐ (to swim in the pool), but it's more natural to say プールで泳ぐ using で to show the location.
•When talking about who is swimming, use the subject particle が — e.g., 子どもが泳ぐ (The child swims).
•Don’t forget that 泳ぐ turns into 泳ぎます in polite form — many beginners mistakenly say 泳ぎます as "oyogimasu" but forget the "g" sound comes from changing "gu" to "gi" before "masu."
•JLPT N5 level
Common Phrases & Expressions
海で泳ぐ
to swim in the ocean
泳ぎに行く
to go swimming
泳げない
can’t swim
Complete Conjugation Table
Basic Forms
Dictionary Form
泳ぐ
Masu Form
泳ぎます
Te Form
泳いで
Past Form
泳いだ
Negative Form
泳がない
Past Negative
泳がなかった
Polite Forms
Polite Present
泳ぎます
Polite Past
泳ぎました
Polite Negative
泳ぎません
Polite Past Negative
泳ぎませんでした
Advanced Forms
Potential Form
泳げる
Passive Form
泳がれる
Causative Form
泳がせる
Causative Passive
泳がされる
Volitional Form
泳ごう
Imperative Form
泳げ
Conditional Forms
Conditional (ば)
泳げば
Conditional (たら)
泳いだら
Other Forms
Progressive Form
泳いでいる
Desire (たい)
泳ぎたい
Prohibition
泳ぐな