Conjugation

かがむ

kagamu

stoop

Godan verb, group 1, ending -mu.

Conjugated like 読む, 飲む, 含む, 移り住む, 羨む, 積み込む

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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かがみますkagamimasu
    2. negativeかがみませんkagamimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmativeかがみましたkagamimashita
    2. negativeかがみませんでしたkagamimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. かがんでkagande
    2. requestかがんでくださいkagande kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. かがみましょうkagamimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmativeかがみたいkagamitai
    2. negativeかがみたくないkagamitakunai
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かがむkagamu
    2. negativeかがまないkagamanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmativeかがんだkaganda
    2. negativeかがまなかったkagamanakatta

  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かがんでいるkagande iru
    2. politeかがんでいますkagande imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plainかがめるkagameru
    2. politeかがめますkagamemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. かがんだらkagandara

  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かがまれるkagamareru
    2. politeかがまれますkagamaremasu
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. かがもうkagamō

  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かがめkagame
    2. banかがむなkagamu 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かがめばkagameba
    2. negativeかがまなければkagamanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plainかがませるkagamaseru
    2. politeかがませますkagamasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plainかがませられるkagamaserareru
    2. politeかがませられますkagamaseraremasu