掴む

つかむtsukamu

grab

Godan verb, group 1, ending -mu.

Conjugated like 読む, 飲む, 含む, 突っ込む, 積む, 踏む

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掴みますつかみますtsukamimasu
    2. negative掴みませんつかみませんtsukamimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative掴みましたつかみましたtsukamimashita
    2. negative掴みませんでしたつかみませんでしたtsukamimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 掴んでつかんでtsukande
    2. request掴んでくださいつかんでくださいtsukande kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 掴みましょうつかみましょうtsukamimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative掴みたいつかみたいtsukamitai
    2. negative掴みたくないつかみたくないtsukamitakunai
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掴むつかむtsukamu
    2. negative掴まないつかまないtsukamanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative掴んだつかんだtsukanda
    2. negative掴まなかったつかまなかったtsukamanakatta

  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掴んでいるつかんでいるtsukande iru
    2. polite掴んでいますつかんでいますtsukande imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain掴めるつかめるtsukameru
    2. polite掴めますつかめますtsukamemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 掴んだらつかんだらtsukandara

  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掴まれるつかまれるtsukamareru
    2. polite掴まれますつかまれますtsukamaremasu
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. 掴もうつかもうtsukamō

  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掴めつかめtsukame
    2. ban掴むなつかむなtsukamu 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掴めばつかめばtsukameba
    2. negative掴まなければつかまなければtsukamanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain掴ませるつかませるtsukamaseru
    2. polite掴ませますつかませますtsukamasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain掴ませられるつかませられるtsukamaserareru
    2. polite掴ませられますつかませられますtsukamaseraremasu