What does つなげる mean?
つなげる is a Japanese verb meaning “to link (something)” or “to connect” in English. It is written as つなげる in hiragana, and tsunageru in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.
Example sentences
この経験を次の仕事につなげたい。
I want to link this experience to my next job.
二本のロープをつなげた。
I joined the two ropes together.
Conjugation of つなげる
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Plain | つなげる | つなげない |
| Plain past | つなげた | つなげなかった |
| Polite | つなげます | つなげません |
| Polite past | つなげました | つなげませんでした |
Other forms
Te-formつなげて
Potentialつなげられる
Passiveつなげられる
Volitionalつなげよう
Causativeつなげさせる
Conditionalつなげれば
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Intransitive partner
つなげる (someone does it)·つながる (it happens by itself)
つなげる describes someone doing something to a thing. つながる describes it happening by itself. Japanese keeps these apart where English often uses one verb for both.