Katsuyo

Godan verb (む)

凹むへこむ

hekomu

to be dented · N2

凹む (へこむ, hekomu) — to be dented — is a godan verb ending in : 凹んで (te-form), 凹んだ (past), 凹まない (negative), 凹みます (polite).

It also means to be indented; to yield.

How 凹む conjugates · godan -verb

Only the last kana changes: becomes , , or .

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.

ないnegative
ますpolite present
dictionary form
potentialif
volitional
The and forms · んで, んだ te-formpast

The and forms are the only two that don't follow this pattern. Every -, - and -verb has the same んで there.

N5 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.

Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.

PLAIN

FormConjugationAudio
present N5 凹む へこむ hekomu
past N5 It got dented. 凹んだ へこんだ hekonda
negative N5 It doesn't get dented. 凹まない へこまない hekomanai
te-form N5 It gets dented and … 凹んで へこんで hekonde
past negative N4 It didn't get dented. 凹まなかった へこまなかった hekomanakatta
volitional N4 凹もう へこもう hekomou
potential N3 凹める へこめる hekomeru
cond. ば N3 If it gets dented, ... 凹めば へこめば hekomeba
cond. たら N3 When it gets dented, ... 凹んだら へこんだら hekondara
passive N2 凹まれる へこまれる hekomareru
causative N2 I make it dent. 凹ませる へこませる hekomaseru
imperative N1 凹め へこめ hekome

POLITE

FormConjugationAudio
present N5 凹みます へこみます hekomimasu
past N5 It got dented. 凹みました へこみました hekomimashita
negative N5 It doesn't get dented. 凹みません へこみません hekomimasen
past negative N4 It didn't get dented. 凹みませんでした へこみませんでした hekomimasendeshita
volitional N4 凹みましょう へこみましょう hekomimashou

ASPECT

FormConjugationAudio
ている N4 It's dented. 凹んでいる へこんでいる hekondeiru
ていた N4 It was dented. 凹んでいた へこんでいた hekondeita
ています N4 It's dented. 凹んでいます へこんでいます hekondeimasu
ていました N4 It was dented. 凹んでいました へこんでいました hekondeimashita