編む

あむamu

braid

Godan verb, group 1, ending -mu.

Conjugated like 読む, 飲む, 含む, 馴染む, 見込む, 仕込む

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編みますあみますamimasu
    2. negative編みませんあみませんamimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative編みましたあみましたamimashita
    2. negative編みませんでしたあみませんでしたamimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 編んであんでande
    2. request編んでくださいあんでくださいande kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 編みましょうあみましょうamimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative編みたいあみたいamitai
    2. negative編みたくないあみたくないamitakunai
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編むあむamu
    2. negative編まないあまないamanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative編んだあんだanda
    2. negative編まなかったあまなかったamanakatta

  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編んでいるあんでいるande iru
    2. polite編んでいますあんでいますande imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain編めるあめるameru
    2. polite編めますあめますamemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 編んだらあんだらandara

  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編まれるあまれるamareru
    2. polite編まれますあまれますamaremasu
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. 編もうあもうamō

  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編めあめame
    2. ban編むなあむなamu 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編めばあめばameba
    2. negative編まなければあまなければamanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain編ませるあませるamaseru
    2. polite編ませますあませますamasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain編ませられるあませられるamaserareru
    2. polite編ませられますあませられますamaseraremasu