挑む

いどむidomu

challenge

Godan verb, group 1, ending -mu.

Conjugated like 読む, 飲む, 含む, 取り組む, 沈む, 揉む

Newbie

The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmative挑みますいどみますidomimasu
    2. negative挑みませんいどみませんidomimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmative挑みましたいどみましたidomimashita
    2. negative挑みませんでしたいどみませんでしたidomimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. 挑んでいどんでidonde
    2. request挑んでくださいいどんでくださいidonde kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 挑みましょういどみましょうidomimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmative挑みたいいどみたいidomitai
    2. negative挑みたくないいどみたくないidomitakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · Potential · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (6)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmative挑むいどむidomu
    2. negative挑まないいどまないidomanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmative挑んだいどんだidonda
    2. negative挑まなかったいどまなかったidomanakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plain挑んでいるいどんでいるidonde iru
    2. polite挑んでいますいどんでいますidonde imasu

  4. Potential

    What you can do. Its object often takes が: 日本語が話せる.

    1. plain挑めるいどめるidomeru
    2. polite挑めますいどめますidomemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. 挑んだらいどんだらidondara

  6. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plain挑まれるいどまれるidomareru
    2. polite挑まれますいどまれますidomaremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passiveAlso show the Intermediate forms (5)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. 挑もういどもうidomō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. order挑めいどめidome
    2. ban挑むないどむなidomu na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmative挑めばいどめばidomeba
    2. negative挑まなければいどまなければidomanakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plain挑ませるいどませるidomaseru
    2. polite挑ませますいどませますidomasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plain挑ませられるいどませられるidomaserareru
    2. polite挑ませられますいどませられますidomaseraremasu