# 繋ぐ
## Japanese
### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 繋
* つな Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 繫ぐ (kyūjitai)
From 綱(つな) (tsuna, “rope”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) つなぐ [tsùnágú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [t͡sɨna̠ɡɯ̟]
* Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「繋ぐ」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary :
| Stem forms ||||
| Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形) | 繋ぐ | つなぐ | [tsùnágú] |
| Imperative (命令形) | 繋げ | つなげ | [tsùnágé] |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 繋がれる | つながれる | [tsùnágárérú] |
| Causative | 繋がせる | つながせる | [tsùnágásérú] |
| Potential | 繋げる | つなげる | [tsùnágérú] |
| Volitional | 繋ごう | つなごー | [tsùnágóꜜò] |
| Negative | 繋がない | つながない | [tsùnágánáí] |
| Negative perfective | 繋がなかった | つながなかった | [tsùnágánáꜜkàttà] |
| Formal | 繋ぎます | つなぎます | [tsùnágímáꜜsù] |
| Perfective | 繋いだ | つないだ | [tsùnáídá] |
| Conjunctive | 繋いで | つないで | [tsùnáídé] |
| Hypothetical conditional | 繋げば | つなげば | [tsùnágéꜜbà] |

### Verb

繋(つな)ぐ • (tsunagu) transitive godan (stem 繋(つな)ぎ (tsunagi), past 繋(つな)いだ (tsunaida))
Japanese verb pair :
| active | 繋ぐ |
| mediopassive | 繋がる |
* to bind, to fasten, to tie
    馬(うま)を木(き)に繋(つな)ぐ
       uma o ki ni tsunagu
       to tie the horse on the tree
* to connect, to tie together, to join
    Synonyms: 繋げる, 結ぶ
    糸(いと)を繋(つな)ぐ
       ito o tsunagu
       to tie strings together
    中(ちゅう)国(ごく)と日(に)本(ほん)を繋(つな)ぐ架(か)け橋(はし)
       Chūgoku to Nihon o tsunagu kakehashi
       bridge that connects China and Japan
* (telecommunications) to put through, to connect (a phone call)
    電話(でんわ)を繋(つな)ぐ
       denwa o tsunagu
       to connect a phone call
* (computing) to connect (e.g. WiFi)
    Wi-Fi(ワイファイ)に繋(つな)いでるのに
       waifai ni tsunaideru noni
       even though I'm connected to the Wi-Fi
* to keep (hope etc.) going, to keep alive
    Synonyms: 維持, 持ち堪える
    命(いのち)を繋(つな)ぐ
       inochi o tsunagu
       to keep living, to survive
* to hold (hands)
    手(て)を繋(つな)いで歩(ある)こう
       te o tsunaide arukō
       let's walk hand in hand

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 繋が | つなが | tsunaga |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 繋ぎ | つなぎ | tsunagi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 繋ぐ | つなぐ | tsunagu |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 繋ぐ | つなぐ | tsunagu |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 繋げ | つなげ | tsunage |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 繋げ | つなげ | tsunage |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 繋がれる | つながれる | tsunagareru |
| Causative | 繋がせる 繋がす | つながせる つながす | tsunagaseru tsunagasu |
| Potential | 繋げる | つなげる | tsunageru |
| Volitional | 繋ごう | つなごう | tsunagō |
| Negative | 繋がない | つながない | tsunaganai |
| Negative continuative | 繋がず | つながず | tsunagazu |
| Formal | 繋ぎます | つなぎます | tsunagimasu |
| Perfective | 繋いだ | つないだ | tsunaida |
| Conjunctive | 繋いで | つないで | tsunaide |
| Hypothetical conditional | 繋げば | つなげば | tsunageba |
Stem forms :
| Irrealis (未然形) | 繋が | つなが | tunaga |
| Continuative (連用形) | 繋ぎ | つなぎ | tunagi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 繋ぐ | つなぐ | tunagu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 繋ぐ | つなぐ | tunagu |
| Realis (已然形) | 繋げ | つなげ | tunage |
| Imperative (命令形) | 繋げ | つなげ | tunage |
| Key constructions ||||
| Negative | 繋がず | つながず | tunagazu |
| Contrasting conjunction | 繋げど | つなげど | tunagedo |
| Causal conjunction | 繋げば | つなげば | tunageba |
| Conditional conjunction | 繋がば | つながば | tunagaba |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 繋ぎき | つなぎき | tunagiki |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 繋ぎけり | つなぎけり | tunagikeri |
| Perfect tense (conscious action) | 繋ぎつ | つなぎつ | tunagitu |
| Perfect tense (natural event) | 繋ぎぬ | つなぎぬ | tunaginu |
| Perfect-continuative tense | 繋げり 繋ぎたり | つなげり つなぎたり | tunageri tunagitari |
| Volitional | 繋がむ | つながむ | tunagamu |

#### Related terms

* 繋(つな)がる (tsunagaru)
* 繋(つな)げる (tsunageru)