Conjugation

囲む

かこむkakomu

surround

Godan verb, group 1, ending -mu.

Conjugated like 読む, 飲む, 含む, 噛む, 盗む, 苦しむ

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囲みますかこみますkakomimasu
    2. negative囲みませんかこみませんkakomimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative囲みましたかこみましたkakomimashita
    2. negative囲みませんでしたかこみませんでしたkakomimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 囲んでかこんでkakonde
    2. request囲んでくださいかこんでくださいkakonde kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 囲みましょうかこみましょうkakomimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative囲みたいかこみたいkakomitai
    2. negative囲みたくないかこみたくないkakomitakunai
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囲むかこむkakomu
    2. negative囲まないかこまないkakomanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative囲んだかこんだkakonda
    2. negative囲まなかったかこまなかったkakomanakatta

  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囲んでいるかこんでいるkakonde iru
    2. polite囲んでいますかこんでいますkakonde imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain囲めるかこめるkakomeru
    2. polite囲めますかこめますkakomemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 囲んだらかこんだらkakondara

  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囲まれるかこまれるkakomareru
    2. polite囲まれますかこまれますkakomaremasu
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. 囲もうかこもうkakomō

  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囲めかこめkakome
    2. ban囲むなかこむなkakomu 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囲めばかこめばkakomeba
    2. negative囲まなければかこまなければkakomanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain囲ませるかこませるkakomaseru
    2. polite囲ませますかこませますkakomasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain囲ませられるかこませられるkakomaserareru
    2. polite囲ませられますかこませられますkakomaseraremasu