Godan verb (む)
噛むかむ
kamu噛む (かむ, kamu) — to bite — is a godan verb ending in む: 噛んで (te-form), 噛んだ (past), 噛まない (negative), 噛みます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object.
How 噛む 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.
ま噛まないnegative
み噛みますpolite present
む噛むdictionary form
め噛めるpotential噛めばif
も噛もうvolitional
The て and た forms · む → んで, んだ
ん噛んでte-form噛んだ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 | 噛む かむ kamu | |
| past I bit it. | 噛んだ かんだ kanda | |
| negative I don't bite it. | 噛まない かまない kamanai | |
| te-form I bite it and … | 噛んで かんで kande | |
| past negative I didn't bite it. | 噛まなかった かまなかった kamanakatta | |
| volitional Let's bite it. | 噛もう かもう kamou | |
| potential N3 I can bite it. | 噛める かめる kameru | |
| cond. ば N3 If I bite it, ... | 噛めば かめば kameba | |
| cond. たら N3 When I bite it, ... | 噛んだら かんだら kandara | |
| passive N2 I get bitten. | 噛まれる かまれる kamareru | |
| causative N2 I make someone bite it. | 噛ませる かませる kamaseru | |
| imperative N1 Bite it! | 噛め かめ kame |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 噛みます かみます kamimasu | |
| past I bit it. | 噛みました かみました kamimashita | |
| negative I don't bite it. | 噛みません かみません kamimasen | |
| past negative I didn't bite it. | 噛みませんでした かみませんでした kamimasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's bite it. | 噛みましょう かみましょう kamimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm biting it. | 噛んでいる かんでいる kandeiru | |
| ていた I was biting it. | 噛んでいた かんでいた kandeita | |
| ています I'm biting it. | 噛んでいます かんでいます kandeimasu | |
| ていました I was biting it. | 噛んでいました かんでいました kandeimashita |