Godan verb (む)
阻むはばむ
habamu阻む (はばむ, habamu) — to keep someone from doing — is a godan verb ending in む: 阻んで (te-form), 阻んだ (past), 阻まない (negative), 阻みます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to stop; to prevent.
How 阻む 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.
ま阻まないnegative
み阻みますpolite present
む阻むdictionary form
め阻めるpotential阻めばif
も阻もうvolitional
The て and た forms · む → んで, んだ
ん阻んでte-form阻んだ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.
Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 阻む はばむ habamu | |
| past I blocked it. | 阻んだ はばんだ habanda | |
| negative I don't block it. | 阻まない はばまない habamanai | |
| te-form I block something and … | 阻んで はばんで habande | |
| past negative | 阻まなかった はばまなかった habamanakatta | |
| volitional Let's block it. | 阻もう はばもう habamou | |
| potential I can block it. | 阻める はばめる habameru | |
| cond. ば If I block it, ... | 阻めば はばめば habameba | |
| cond. たら | 阻んだら はばんだら habandara | |
| passive It gets blocked. | 阻まれる はばまれる habamareru | |
| causative | 阻ませる はばませる habamaseru | |
| imperative | 阻め はばめ habame |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 阻みます はばみます habamimasu | |
| past I blocked it. | 阻みました はばみました habamimashita | |
| negative I don't block it. | 阻みません はばみません habamimasen | |
| past negative | 阻みませんでした はばみませんでした habamimasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's block it. | 阻みましょう はばみましょう habamimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている It's blocking something. | 阻んでいる はばんでいる habandeiru | |
| ていた I was blocking it. | 阻んでいた はばんでいた habandeita | |
| ています It's blocking something. | 阻んでいます はばんでいます habandeimasu | |
| ていました I was blocking it. | 阻んでいました はばんでいました habandeimashita |