Godan verb (む)

組むくむ

kumu

to cross (legs or arms) · N3

Also read くむ: 汲む (draw water), 酌む (pour sake). All 3 words

組む (くむ, kumu) — to cross — is a godan verb ending in む: 組んで (te-form), 組んだ (past), 組まない (negative), 組みます (polite).

It also means to link.

How 組む 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.

ま組まないnegative

み組みますpolite present

む組むdictionary form

め組めるpotential組めばif

も組もうvolitional

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

N2 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	組むくむ kumu
past I crossed my arms.	組んだくんだ kunda
negative I don't cross my arms.	組まないくまない kumanai
te-form I cross my arms and …	組んでくんで kunde
past negative	組まなかったくまなかった kumanakatta
volitional Let's cross our arms.	組もうくもう kumou
potential I can cross my arms.	組めるくめる kumeru
cond. ば If I cross my arms, ...	組めばくめば kumeba
cond. たら When I cross them, ...	組んだらくんだら kundara
passive N2 They get crossed.	組まれるくまれる kumareru
causative N2 I make someone cross them.	組ませるくませる kumaseru
imperative N1 Cross your arms!	組めくめ kume

POLITE

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present	組みますくみます kumimasu
past I crossed my arms.	組みましたくみました kumimashita
negative I don't cross my arms.	組みませんくみません kumimasen
past negative	組みませんでしたくみませんでした kumimasendeshita
volitional Let's cross our arms.	組みましょうくみましょう kumimashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている I have my arms crossed.	組んでいるくんでいる kundeiru
ていた I had my arms crossed.	組んでいたくんでいた kundeita
ています I have my arms crossed.	組んでいますくんでいます kundeimasu
ていました I had my arms crossed.	組んでいましたくんでいました kundeimashita