Godan verb (む)
励むはげむ
hagemu励む (はげむ, hagemu) — to work hard — is a godan verb ending in む: 励んで (te-form), 励んだ (past), 励まない (negative), 励みます (polite).
It also means to try hard; to strive.
How 励む 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.
ま励まないnegative
み励みますpolite present
む励むdictionary form
め励めるpotential励めばif
も励もうvolitional
The て and た forms · む → んで, んだ
ん励んでte-form励んだ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 | 励む はげむ hagemu | |
| past I worked hard. | 励んだ はげんだ hagenda | |
| negative I don't work hard. | 励まない はげまない hagemanai | |
| te-form I work hard and … | 励んで はげんで hagende | |
| past negative | 励まなかった はげまなかった hagemanakatta | |
| volitional Let's work hard. | 励もう はげもう hagemou | |
| potential I can work hard. | 励める はげめる hagemeru | |
| cond. ば If I work hard, ... | 励めば はげめば hagemeba | |
| cond. たら | 励んだら はげんだら hagendara | |
| passive | 励まれる はげまれる hagemareru | |
| causative | 励ませる はげませる hagemaseru | |
| imperative Work hard! | 励め はげめ hageme |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 励みます はげみます hagemimasu | |
| past I worked hard. | 励みました はげみました hagemimashita | |
| negative I don't work hard. | 励みません はげみません hagemimasen | |
| past negative | 励みませんでした はげみませんでした hagemimasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's work hard. | 励みましょう はげみましょう hagemimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm working hard at it. | 励んでいる はげんでいる hagendeiru | |
| ていた I was working hard at it. | 励んでいた はげんでいた hagendeita | |
| ています I'm working hard at it. | 励んでいます はげんでいます hagendeimasu | |
| ていました I was working hard at it. | 励んでいました はげんでいました hagendeimashita |