組む

くむkumu

cross

Godan verb, group 1, ending -mu.

Conjugated like 読む, 飲む, 含む, 頼む, 望む, 休む

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組みますくみますkumimasu
    2. negative組みませんくみませんkumimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative組みましたくみましたkumimashita
    2. negative組みませんでしたくみませんでしたkumimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 組んでくんでkunde
    2. request組んでくださいくんでくださいkunde kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 組みましょうくみましょうkumimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative組みたいくみたいkumitai
    2. negative組みたくないくみたくないkumitakunai
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組むくむkumu
    2. negative組まないくまないkumanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative組んだくんだkunda
    2. negative組まなかったくまなかったkumanakatta

  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組んでいるくんでいるkunde iru
    2. polite組んでいますくんでいますkunde imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain組めるくめるkumeru
    2. polite組めますくめますkumemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 組んだらくんだらkundara

  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組まれるくまれるkumareru
    2. polite組まれますくまれますkumaremasu
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. 組もうくもうkumō

  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組めくめkume
    2. ban組むなくむなkumu 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組めばくめばkumeba
    2. negative組まなければくまなければkumanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain組ませるくませるkumaseru
    2. polite組ませますくませますkumasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain組ませられるくませられるkumaserareru
    2. polite組ませられますくませられますkumaseraremasu