騒ぐ
さわぐ
to make noise, to clamor
Sawagu (騒ぐ) is a godan verb meaning "to make noise, to clamor". Its polite form is 騒ぎます (sawagimasu), its te form is 騒いで (sawaide), its past form is 騒いだ (sawaida), and its negative form is 騒がない (sawaganai).
Godan verbJLPT N4
Sawagu (騒ぐ) conjugation quick reference
騒ぐ means "to make noise, to clamor". Its main forms are listed below, with links to the grammar pattern behind each form.
Sawagu example sentences
隣の部屋で子供たちが騒いでいます。
The children are making noise in the next room.
昨晩、猫が外で騒いでいた。
Last night, the cat was making noise outside.
あの人たちはあまり騒がない。
Those people don't make too much noise.
How to use Sawagu: grammar notes
•Use 騒ぐ with で to show where the noise is happening, like パーティーでみんなが騒いでいました (Everyone was making noise at the party).
•The subject of 騒ぐ usually comes with が, so say 子どもたちが騒いでいる (The children are making noise), not 子どもたちを騒いでいる.
•Be careful not to use 騒ぐ with a direct object (を), since it’s an intransitive verb—it describes someone making noise, not doing something to something else.
•JLPT N4 level
Common phrases with Sawagu
大声で騒ぐ（おおごえでさわぐ）
To make a loud noise / To be noisy with a loud voice
夜中に騒ぐ（よなかにさわぐ）
To make noise in the middle of the night
騒がないでください（さわがないでください）
Please don’t make noise
Sawagu (騒ぐ) conjugation table
| Form | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Forms | ||
| Dictionary Form | 騒ぐ | sawagu |
| Masu Form | 騒ぎます | sawagimasu |
| Te Form | 騒いで | sawaide |
| Past Form | 騒いだ | sawaida |
| Negative Form | 騒がない | sawaganai |
| Past Negative | 騒がなかった | sawaganakatta |
| Polite Forms | ||
| Polite Present | 騒ぎます | sawagimasu |
| Polite Past | 騒ぎました | sawagimashita |
| Polite Negative | 騒ぎません | sawagimasen |
| Polite Past Negative | 騒ぎませんでした | sawagimasendeshita |
| Advanced Forms | ||
| Potential Form | 騒げる | sawageru |
| Passive Form | 騒がれる | sawagareru |
| Causative Form | 騒がせる | sawagaseru |
| Causative Passive | 騒がされる | sawagasareru |
| Volitional Form | 騒ごう | sawagou |
| Imperative Form | 騒げ | sawage |
| Conditional Forms | ||
| Conditional (ば) | 騒げば | sawageba |
| Conditional (たら) | 騒いだら | sawaidara |
| Other Forms | ||
| Progressive Form | 騒いでいる | sawaideiru |
| Desire (たい) | 騒ぎたい | sawagitai |
| Prohibition | 騒ぐな | sawaguna |