(およ)

およぐ
verb (godan)
to swim
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present(およ)(およ)がない
Present polite(およ)ぎます(およ)ぎません
Past(およ)いだ(およ)がなかった
Past polite(およ)ぎました(およ)ぎませんでした
て form(およ)いで(およ)がなくて
ている present(およ)いでいる(およ)いでいない
ている polite(およ)いでいます(およ)いでいません
ている past(およ)いでいた(およ)いでいなかった
ている past polite(およ)いでいました(およ)いでいませんでした
Conditional ば(およ)げば(およ)がなければ
Conditional たら(およ)いだら(およ)がなかったら
Volitional(およ)ごう
Volitional polite(およ)ぎましょう
Potential(およ)げる(およ)げない
Passive(およ)がれる(およ)がれない
Causative(およ)がせる(およ)がせない
Imperative(およ)(およ)ぐな
1. to swim
To move through water using one's limbs. Used for recreational swimming, exercise, or competitive swimming.
I swim in the pool every day in summer.
Swimming in the ocean is fun.
Nominalized with の
I learned how to swim when I was a child.
泳ぎ方 = way of swimming
Swimming in the river is dangerous, so please swim in the pool or the ocean.
He can swim 50 meters in 30 seconds, so he joined the swimming team.

(およ)ぐ means to move through water using one's body. The location is marked with で: プールで(およ)ぐ (swim in a pool).

TRANSITIVITY:

  • Type: 自動詞(じどうし) (intransitive)
  • No transitive pair

ASPECT (ている):
(およ)いでいる means "is swimming" (ongoing action), not a resulting state.

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • プールで(およ)ぐ: swim in the pool
  • (うみ)(およ)ぐ: swim in the ocean
  • (およ)ぎに()く: go swimming (purpose)
  • (およ)(かた): way of swimming, swimming technique
  • 平泳(ひらおよ)ぎ: breaststroke
  • 背泳(せおよ)ぎ: backstroke

RELATED:

  • 水泳(すいえい): swimming (as a sport or competitive activity)
  • (およ)ぎ: a swim; swimming (noun form)