飲む

のむnomu

drink

Godan verb, group 1, ending -mu.

Conjugated like 読む, 含む, 進む, 住む, 楽しむ, 悩む

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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飲みますのみますnomimasu
    2. negative飲みませんのみませんnomimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative飲みましたのみましたnomimashita
    2. negative飲みませんでしたのみませんでしたnomimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 飲んでのんでnonde
    2. request飲んでくださいのんでくださいnonde kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 飲みましょうのみましょうnomimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative飲みたいのみたいnomitai
    2. negative飲みたくないのみたくないnomitakunai
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飲むのむnomu
    2. negative飲まないのまないnomanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative飲んだのんだnonda
    2. negative飲まなかったのまなかったnomanakatta

  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飲んでいるのんでいるnonde iru
    2. polite飲んでいますのんでいますnonde imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain飲めるのめるnomeru
    2. polite飲めますのめますnomemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 飲んだらのんだらnondara

  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飲まれるのまれるnomareru
    2. polite飲まれますのまれますnomaremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passive · Respect and modestyAlso show the Intermediate forms (6)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

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

    1. 飲もうのもうnomō

  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飲めのめnome
    2. ban飲むなのむなnomu 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飲めばのめばnomeba
    2. negative飲まなければのまなければnomanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain飲ませるのませるnomaseru
    2. polite飲ませますのませますnomasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain飲ませられるのませられるnomaserareru
    2. polite飲ませられますのませられますnomaseraremasu

  6. Respect and modesty

    The verbs that replace this one: respect for what others do, modesty for what you do yourself.

    1. respect召し上がりますめしあがりますmeshiagarimasu
    2. modestyいただきますitadakimasu