Conjugation

へこむ

hekomu

dent

Godan verb, group 1, ending -mu.

Conjugated like 読む, 飲む, 含む, 折りたたむ, 潜り込む, せがむ

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へこみますhekomimasu
    2. negativeへこみませんhekomimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmativeへこみましたhekomimashita
    2. negativeへこみませんでしたhekomimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. へこんでhekonde
    2. requestへこんでくださいhekonde kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. へこみましょうhekomimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmativeへこみたいhekomitai
    2. negativeへこみたくないhekomitakunai
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へこむhekomu
    2. negativeへこまないhekomanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmativeへこんだhekonda
    2. negativeへこまなかったhekomanakatta

  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へこんでいるhekonde iru
    2. politeへこんでいますhekonde imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plainへこめるhekomeru
    2. politeへこめますhekomemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. へこんだらhekondara

  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へこまれるhekomareru
    2. politeへこまれますhekomaremasu
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. へこもうhekomō

  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へこめhekome
    2. banへこむなhekomu 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へこめばhekomeba
    2. negativeへこまなければhekomanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plainへこませるhekomaseru
    2. politeへこませますhekomasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plainへこませられるhekomaserareru
    2. politeへこませられますhekomaseraremasu