No. 4,817 in Japanese
泳ぐ
To swim.
In a sentence
私は毎朝川で泳ぐのを楽しんでいます。
I enjoy swimming in the river every morning.
Here, '泳ぐ' is used as the dictionary form in a nominalized structure '泳ぐの', allowing it to function as the direct object of enjoyment.
彼は海を泳いで島に到達しました。
He swam across the sea to reach the island.
'泳ぐ' actively describes the action of swimming through the sea, highlighting its application in describing purposeful motion.
子供たちが湖で泳いで遊んでいました。
The children were swimming and playing in the lake.
'泳ぐ' is used in its -te form '泳いで', which connects it with subsequent actions indicating simultaneous activities.
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