Japanese verb 上がる: rising or going up

The idea

上あがる is a godan verb. The final る becomes ります in the polite form and って in the て form. The polite non-past, negative and past forms are 上あがります、上あがりません、上あがりました. The て form is 上あがって. The thing undergoing the change can be marked by が; an intransitive verb does not imply that there is no cause. A route can take を, as in 階段かいだんを上あがります; this を marks the path, not a direct object.

Examples

• 明日あしたは気温きおんが上あがります。The temperature will rise tomorrow.
• 二階にかいに上あがってください。Please go up to the second floor.
• 電車でんしゃの料金りょうきんが上あがりました。Train fares have gone up.
• 毎朝まいあさ、階段かいだんを上あがります。I go up the stairs every morning.
• 風船ふうせんが空そらに上あがりました。The balloon rose into the sky.
• 昨日きのうは気温きおんがあまり上あがりませんでした。The temperature did not rise much yesterday.

Watch out

上あがる describes the change; its transitive partner 上あげる describes an action on something.

Try it yourself

1. （上あがる→ます）＿

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   上がります

   上あがります is the polite non-past form; context can indicate a habit or a future event.

2. （上あがる→て）＿

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   上がって

   上あがって is the て form; it can connect clauses.

3. 気温きおん＿上あがります。（が／を）

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   が

   が marks the subject undergoing the change.

Use it today

Make an original sentence, change it to the polite past and identify its particle. Compare your sentence with the examples.