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過ごす

to spend

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Conjugation of 過ごす

This verb follows the godan conjugation pattern. This verb can also mean the following: carry something too far, pass, do something too much, do
私/俺
Present informal tense
過ごす
sugosu
I spend
Present informal negative tense
過ごさない
sugosanai
I don't spend
Present formal tense
過ごします
sugoshimasu
I spend
Present formal negative tense
過ごしません
sen
I do not spend
私/俺
Past informal tense
過ごした
sugoshita
I spent
Past informal negative tense
過ごさなかった
sugosanakatta
I didn't spend
Past formal tense
過ごしました
shita
I spend
Past formal negative tense
過ごしませんでした
sen deshita
I did not spend
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
過ごせ
sugose
spend
Imperative negative mood
過ごすな
sugosu na
don't spend
Imperative formal mood
過ごしてください
sugoshite kudasai
please spend
Imperative formal negative mood
過ごさないでください
sugosanai dekudasai
please do not spend
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
過ごして
sugoshite
spend
Passive stem
過ごされる
sugosareru
spent
Hypothetical tense
過ごせ
sugose
if I spent
Hypothetical conditional stem
過ごせば
sugoseba
spent
私/俺
Volitional stem
過ごそう
sugosō
will spend
Potential stem
過ごせる
sugoseru
spent
Continuative stem
過ごし
sugoshi
spending
Causative stem
過ごさせる
sugosaseru
allow to spend
私/俺
Imperfective stem
過ごさ
sugosa
spend

Examples of 過ごす

他は自助会に出て 過ごす

The rest of the time he spends in self-help groups.

ここで骨董品に囲まれて 過ごす?

What's keeping you here, surrounded by all this...old stuff?

へミングウェイや フィッツジェラルド コール・ポーターと 過ごした

If I was with Hemingway, and Fitzgerald, and Cole Porter.

- 俺はカナダで少しの間、過ごした

I studied in Canada for a while.

お前は“1万2千ドル”と かなり無駄な時間を 過ごした

To which, me myself said, “What is your definition of ridiculous?”, to which you said, “Twelve thousand dollars”.

午後は 子供達と 過ごせば?

Hm? Surely you don't intend to keep spending your afternoons with those children, do you?