Godan verb (む)
刻むきざむ
kizamu刻む (きざむ, kizamu) — to mince — is a godan verb ending in む: 刻んで (te-form), 刻んだ (past), 刻まない (negative), 刻みます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to cut fine; to chop up.
How 刻む 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.
ま刻まないnegative
み刻みますpolite present
む刻むdictionary form
め刻めるpotential刻めばif
も刻もうvolitional
The て and た forms · む → んで, んだ
ん刻んでte-form刻んだ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 | 刻む きざむ kizamu | |
| past I chopped it up. | 刻んだ きざんだ kizanda | |
| negative I don't chop it up. | 刻まない きざまない kizamanai | |
| te-form I chop it up and … | 刻んで きざんで kizande | |
| past negative | 刻まなかった きざまなかった kizamanakatta | |
| volitional Let's chop it up. | 刻もう きざもう kizamou | |
| potential I can chop it up. | 刻める きざめる kizameru | |
| cond. ば If I chop it up, ... | 刻めば きざめば kizameba | |
| cond. たら When I chop it up, ... | 刻んだら きざんだら kizandara | |
| passive It gets chopped up. | 刻まれる きざまれる kizamareru | |
| causative I make someone chop it up. | 刻ませる きざませる kizamaseru | |
| imperative N1 Chop it up! | 刻め きざめ kizame |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 刻みます きざみます kizamimasu | |
| past I chopped it up. | 刻みました きざみました kizamimashita | |
| negative I don't chop it up. | 刻みません きざみません kizamimasen | |
| past negative | 刻みませんでした きざみませんでした kizamimasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's chop it up. | 刻みましょう きざみましょう kizamimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm chopping it up. | 刻んでいる きざんでいる kizandeiru | |
| ていた I was chopping it up. | 刻んでいた きざんでいた kizandeita | |
| ています I'm chopping it up. | 刻んでいます きざんでいます kizandeimasu | |
| ていました I was chopping it up. | 刻んでいました きざんでいました kizandeimashita |