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Japanese verb住む (sumu) Conjugation
住む (sumu) means “to live (somewhere)”. It is a う-verb (godan) verb. It is an う-verb (godan): the last sound changes, 住まない and 住みます, and the te-form is 住んで. Below is its conjugation in all 14 forms, plain and polite, the same forms the Japanese verb conjugation worksheets print in their answer keys.
- Meaning
- to live (somewhere)
- Type
- う-verb (godan)
- Dictionary form
- 住む
- Reading
- すむ
- Romaji
- sumu
- Masu form
- 住みます
- Nai form
- 住まない
- Te-form
- 住んで
- Ta form
- 住んだ
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 住む |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 住まない |
| Polite | 住みます |
| Polite negative | 住みません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 住んだ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 住まなかった |
| Polite | 住みました |
| Polite negative | 住みませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 住んで |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 住まないで |
Progressive (-te iru)ている
| Plain | 住んでいる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 住んでいない |
| Polite | 住んでいます |
| Polite negative | 住んでいません |
Wanting, inviting, telling
Want to (-tai)たい形
| Plain | 住みたい |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 住みたくない |
| Polite | 住みたいです |
| Polite negative | 住みたくないです |
Volitional意向形
| Plain | 住もう |
|---|---|
| Polite | 住みましょう |
Imperative and requests命令形
| Plain command | 住め |
|---|---|
| Plain negative (don't) | 住むな |
| Polite request (-te kudasai) | 住んでください |
| Polite negative (-naide kudasai) | 住まないでください |
Can and if
Potential可能形
| Plain | 住める |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 住めない |
| Polite | 住めます |
| Polite negative | 住めません |
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 住めば |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 住まなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 住んだら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 住まなかったら |
Passive and causative
Passive受身形
| Plain | 住まれる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 住まれない |
| Polite | 住まれます |
| Polite negative | 住まれません |
Causative使役形
| Plain | 住ませる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 住ませない |
| Polite | 住ませます |
| Polite negative | 住ませません |
Causative passive使役受身形
| Plain | 住まされる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 住まされない |
| Polite | 住まされます |
| Polite negative | 住まされません |
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 作る (tsukuru)to make
- 帰る (kaeru)to go home, to return
- 入る (hairu)to enter
- 出る (deru)to leave, to go out
- 起きる (okiru)to get up, to wake up
- 寝る (neru)to sleep, to go to bed
- 働く (hataraku)to work
- 休む (yasumu)to rest, to take a day off
- 遊ぶ (asobu)to play, to have fun
- 泳ぐ (oyogu)to swim
- 歩く (aruku)to walk
- 走る (hashiru)to run
About these tables
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