What does 繋げる mean?
繋げる is a Japanese verb meaning “to connect” in English. It is written as 繋げる in kanji, つなげる in hiragana, and tsunageru in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.
Example sentence
手を繋ぎたいです。
I want to hold your hand.
Conjugation of 繋げる
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Plain | 繋げるつなげる | 繋げないつなげない |
| Plain past | 繋げたつなげた | 繋げなかったつなげなかった |
| Polite | 繋げますつなげます | 繋げませんつなげません |
| Polite past | 繋げましたつなげました | 繋げませんでしたつなげませんでした |
Other forms
Te-form繋げてつなげて
Potential繋げられるつなげられる
Passive繋げられるつなげられる
Volitional繋げようつなげよう
Causative繋げさせるつなげさせる
Conditional繋げればつなげれば
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Intransitive partner
繋げる (someone does it)·繋がる (it happens by itself)
繋げる describes someone doing something to a thing. 繋がる describes it happening by itself. Japanese keeps these apart where English often uses one verb for both.