Godan verb (む)

好むこのむ

konomu

to like · N3

好む (このむ, konomu) — to like — is a godan verb ending in む: 好んで (te-form), 好んだ (past), 好まない (negative), 好みます (polite).

It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to prefer.

How 好む 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.

ま好まないnegative

み好みますpolite present

む好むdictionary form

め好めるpotential好めばif

も好もうvolitional

The て and た forms · む → んで, んだん好んでte-form好んだ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.

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

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	好むこのむ konomu
past N5 I liked it.	好んだこのんだ kononda
negative N5 I don't like it.	好まないこのまない konomanai
te-form N5 I like something and …	好んでこのんで kononde
past negative N4 I didn't like it.	好まなかったこのまなかった konomanakatta
volitional N4	好もうこのもう konomou
potential N3	好めるこのめる konomeru
cond. ば N3 If I like it, ...	好めばこのめば konomeba
cond. たら N3	好んだらこのんだら konondara
passive N2 It is well liked.	好まれるこのまれる konomareru
causative N2	好ませるこのませる konomaseru
imperative N1	好めこのめ konome

POLITE

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	好みますこのみます konomimasu
past N5 I liked it.	好みましたこのみました konomimashita
negative N5 I don't like it.	好みませんこのみません konomimasen
past negative N4 I didn't like it.	好みませんでしたこのみませんでした konomimasendeshita
volitional N4	好みましょうこのみましょう konomimashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている N4 I am fond of it.	好んでいるこのんでいる konondeiru
ていた N4 I was fond of it.	好んでいたこのんでいた konondeita
ています N4 I am fond of it.	好んでいますこのんでいます konondeimasu
ていました N4 I was fond of it.	好んでいましたこのんでいました konondeimashita