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Japanese verb休む (yasumu) Conjugation
休む (yasumu) means “to rest, to take a day off”. It is a う-verb (godan) verb. It is an う-verb (godan): the last sound changes, 休まない and 休みます, and the te-form is 休んで. 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 rest, to take a day off
- Type
- う-verb (godan)
- Dictionary form
- 休む
- Reading
- やすむ
- Romaji
- yasumu
- Masu form
- 休みます
- Nai form
- 休まない
- Te-form
- 休んで
- Ta form
- 休んだ
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 休む |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 休まない |
| Polite | 休みます |
| Polite negative | 休みません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 休んだ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 休まなかった |
| Polite | 休みました |
| Polite negative | 休みませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 休んで |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 休まないで |
Progressive (-te iru)ている
| Plain | 休んでいる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 休んでいない |
| Polite | 休んでいます |
| Polite negative | 休んでいません |
Wanting, inviting, telling
Want to (-tai)たい形
| Plain | 休みたい |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 休みたくない |
| Polite | 休みたいです |
| Polite negative | 休みたくないです |
Volitional意向形
| Plain | 休もう |
|---|---|
| Polite | 休みましょう |
Imperative and requests命令形
| Plain command | 休め |
|---|---|
| Plain negative (don't) | 休むな |
| Polite request (-te kudasai) | 休んでください |
| Polite negative (-naide kudasai) | 休まないでください |
Can and if
Potential可能形
| Plain | 休める |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 休めない |
| Polite | 休めます |
| Polite negative | 休めません |
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 休めば |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 休まなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 休んだら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 休まなかったら |
Passive and causative
Passive受身形
| Plain | 休まれる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 休まれない |
| Polite | 休まれます |
| Polite negative | 休まれません |
Causative使役形
| Plain | 休ませる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 休ませない |
| Polite | 休ませます |
| Polite negative | 休ませません |
Causative passive使役受身形
| Plain | 休まされる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 休まされない |
| Polite | 休まされます |
| Polite negative | 休まされません |
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 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
- 住む (sumu)to live (somewhere)
- 働く (hataraku)to work
- 遊ぶ (asobu)to play, to have fun
- 泳ぐ (oyogu)to swim
- 歩く (aruku)to walk
- 走る (hashiru)to run
- 乗る (noru)to ride, to get on
- 降りる (oriru)to get off
About these tables
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