Godan verb (む)
凹むへこむ
hekomu凹む (へこむ, hekomu) — to be dented — is a godan verb ending in む: 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 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.
ま凹まないnegative
み凹みますpolite present
む凹むdictionary form
め凹めるpotential凹めばif
も凹もうvolitional
The て and た forms · む → んで, んだ
ん凹んでte-form凹んだ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.
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Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |