Conjugation

止む

やむyamu

stop

Godan verb, group 1, ending -mu.

Conjugated like 読む, 飲む, 含む, 編む, 仕込む, 恨む

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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止みますやみますyamimasu
    2. negative止みませんやみませんyamimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative止みましたやみましたyamimashita
    2. negative止みませんでしたやみませんでしたyamimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 止んでやんでyande
    2. request止んでくださいやんでくださいyande kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 止みましょうやみましょうyamimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative止みたいやみたいyamitai
    2. negative止みたくないやみたくないyamitakunai
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止むやむyamu
    2. negative止まないやまないyamanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative止んだやんだyanda
    2. negative止まなかったやまなかったyamanakatta

  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止んでいるやんでいるyande iru
    2. polite止んでいますやんでいますyande imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain止めるやめるyameru
    2. polite止めますやめますyamemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 止んだらやんだらyandara

  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止まれるやまれるyamareru
    2. polite止まれますやまれますyamaremasu
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. 止もうやもうyamō

  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止めやめyame
    2. ban止むなやむなyamu 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止めばやめばyameba
    2. negative止まなければやまなければyamanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain止ませるやませるyamaseru
    2. polite止ませますやませますyamasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain止ませられるやませられるyamaserareru
    2. polite止ませられますやませられますyamaseraremasu