結ぶ

むすぶmusubu

tie

Godan verb, group 1, ending -bu.

Conjugated like 呼ぶ, 選ぶ, 遊ぶ, 運ぶ, 叫ぶ, 浮かぶ

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結びますむすびますmusubimasu
    2. negative結びませんむすびませんmusubimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative結びましたむすびましたmusubimashita
    2. negative結びませんでしたむすびませんでしたmusubimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 結んでむすんでmusunde
    2. request結んでくださいむすんでくださいmusunde kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 結びましょうむすびましょうmusubimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative結びたいむすびたいmusubitai
    2. negative結びたくないむすびたくないmusubitakunai
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結ぶむすぶmusubu
    2. negative結ばないむすばないmusubanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative結んだむすんだmusunda
    2. negative結ばなかったむすばなかったmusubanakatta

  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結んでいるむすんでいるmusunde iru
    2. polite結んでいますむすんでいますmusunde imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain結べるむすべるmusuberu
    2. polite結べますむすべますmusubemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 結んだらむすんだらmusundara

  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結ばれるむすばれるmusubareru
    2. polite結ばれますむすばれますmusubaremasu
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. 結ぼうむすぼうmusubō

  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結べむすべmusube
    2. ban結ぶなむすぶなmusubu 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結べばむすべばmusubeba
    2. negative結ばなければむすばなければmusubanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain結ばせるむすばせるmusubaseru
    2. polite結ばせますむすばせますmusubasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain結ばせられるむすばせられるmusubaserareru
    2. polite結ばせられますむすばせられますmusubaseraremasu