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嗅ぐ

to sniff

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Conjugation of 嗅ぐ

This verb follows the godan conjugation pattern. This verb can also mean the following: smell
私/俺
Present informal tense
嗅ぐ
kagu
I sniff
Present informal negative tense
嗅がない
kaganai
I don't sniff
Present formal tense
嗅ぎます
kagimasu
I sniff
Present formal negative tense
嗅ぎません
kagimasen
I do not sniff
私/俺
Past informal tense
嗅いだ
kaida
I sniffed
Past informal negative tense
嗅がなかった
kaganakatta
I didn't sniff
Past formal tense
嗅ぎました
kagimashita
I sniff
Past formal negative tense
嗅ぎませんでした
kagimasen deshita
I did not sniff
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
嗅げ
kage
sniff
Imperative negative mood
嗅ぐな
kagu na
don't sniff
Imperative formal mood
嗅いでください
kaide kudasai
please sniff
Imperative formal negative mood
嗅がないでください
kaganai dekudasai
please do not sniff
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
嗅いで
kaide
sniff
Passive stem
嗅がれる
kagareru
sniffed
Hypothetical tense
嗅げ
kage
if I sniffed
Hypothetical conditional stem
嗅げば
kageba
sniffed
私/俺
Volitional stem
嗅ごう
kagō
will sniff
Potential stem
嗅げる
kageru
sniffed
Continuative stem
嗅ぎ
kagi
sniffing
Causative stem
嗅がせる
kagaseru
allow to sniff
私/俺
Imperfective stem
嗅が
kaga
sniff

Examples of 嗅ぐ

魚だ ニモはたくさんだよ 嗅いで

Fiona, I'm so glad you're here, because...

- 嗅いで

Smell her nails.

私の香水どう？嗅いで

Oz.

かいで そのパンは 恐怖や悪意のニオイがする

Smell this. You can smell the fear and nastiness coming off that cornbread.

なに...かが 物をひっくり返し始めました

No. - You hear anything else?

なに... かが 物をひっくり返し始めました

Something came into the camp and started knocking stuff over.