Conjugation

つまむ

tsumamu

pinch

Godan verb, group 1, ending -mu.

Conjugated like 読む, 飲む, 含む, 書き込む, 包む, 馴染む

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つまみますtsumamimasu
    2. negativeつまみませんtsumamimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmativeつまみましたtsumamimashita
    2. negativeつまみませんでしたtsumamimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. つまんでtsumande
    2. requestつまんでくださいtsumande kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. つまみましょうtsumamimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmativeつまみたいtsumamitai
    2. negativeつまみたくないtsumamitakunai
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つまむtsumamu
    2. negativeつままないtsumamanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmativeつまんだtsumanda
    2. negativeつままなかったtsumamanakatta

  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つまんでいるtsumande iru
    2. politeつまんでいますtsumande imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plainつまめるtsumameru
    2. politeつまめますtsumamemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. つまんだらtsumandara

  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つままれるtsumamareru
    2. politeつままれますtsumamaremasu
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. つまもうtsumamō

  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つまめtsumame
    2. banつまむなtsumamu 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つまめばtsumameba
    2. negativeつままなければtsumamanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plainつまませるtsumamaseru
    2. politeつまませますtsumamasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plainつまませられるtsumamaserareru
    2. politeつまませられますtsumamaseraremasu