Godan verb (む)
踏むふむ
fumu踏む (ふむ, fumu) — to step on — is a godan verb ending in む: 踏んで (te-form), 踏んだ (past), 踏まない (negative), 踏みます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to tread on; to trample on.
How 踏む conjugates · godan む-verb
Only the last kana changes: む becomes ま, み, め or も.
Which one depends on the ending. The five are one line of the hiragana chart — same consonant, vowels あ・い・う・え・お — and everything before that kana never changes.
ま踏まないnegative
み踏みますpolite present
む踏むdictionary form
め踏めるpotential踏めばif
も踏もうvolitional
The て and た forms · む → んで, んだ
ん踏んでte-form踏んだpast
The て and た forms are the only two that don't follow this pattern. Every む-, ぶ- and ぬ-verb has the same んで there.
N3 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 踏む ふむ fumu | |
| past I stepped on something. | 踏んだ ふんだ funda | |
| negative I don't step on it. | 踏まない ふまない fumanai | |
| te-form I step on something and … | 踏んで ふんで funde | |
| past negative I didn't step on it. | 踏まなかった ふまなかった fumanakatta | |
| volitional Let's step on it. | 踏もう ふもう fumou | |
| potential N3 I can step on it. | 踏める ふめる fumeru | |
| cond. ば N3 If I step on it, ... | 踏めば ふめば fumeba | |
| cond. たら N3 When I step on it, ... | 踏んだら ふんだら fundara | |
| passive N2 I get stepped on. | 踏まれる ふまれる fumareru | |
| causative N2 I make someone step on it. | 踏ませる ふませる fumaseru | |
| imperative N1 Step on it! | 踏め ふめ fume |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 踏みます ふみます fumimasu | |
| past I stepped on something. | 踏みました ふみました fumimashita | |
| negative I don't step on it. | 踏みません ふみません fumimasen | |
| past negative I didn't step on it. | 踏みませんでした ふみませんでした fumimasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's step on it. | 踏みましょう ふみましょう fumimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm stepping on something. | 踏んでいる ふんでいる fundeiru | |
| ていた I was stepping on it. | 踏んでいた ふんでいた fundeita | |
| ています I'm stepping on something. | 踏んでいます ふんでいます fundeimasu | |
| ていました I was stepping on it. | 踏んでいました ふんでいました fundeimashita |