Godan verb (む)

汲むくむ

kumu

to draw (water) · N2

Also read くむ: 組む (cross), 酌む (pour sake). All 3 words

汲む (くむ, kumu) — to draw — is a godan verb ending in む: 汲んで (te-form), 汲んだ (past), 汲まない (negative), 汲みます (polite).

It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to ladle; to dip up.

How 汲む 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.

ま汲まないnegative

み汲みますpolite present

む汲むdictionary form

め汲めるpotential汲めばif

も汲もうvolitional

The て and た forms · む → んで, んだん汲んでte-form汲んだ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	汲むくむ kumu
past N5 I drew some water.	汲んだくんだ kunda
negative N5 I don't draw water.	汲まないくまない kumanai
te-form N5 I draw some water and …	汲んでくんで kunde
past negative N4	汲まなかったくまなかった kumanakatta
volitional N4 Let's draw some water.	汲もうくもう kumou
potential N3 I can draw water.	汲めるくめる kumeru
cond. ば N3 If I draw water, ...	汲めばくめば kumeba
cond. たら N3 When I draw water, ...	汲んだらくんだら kundara
passive N2 Water gets drawn.	汲まれるくまれる kumareru
causative N2 I make someone draw water.	汲ませるくませる kumaseru
imperative N1	汲めくめ kume

POLITE

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	汲みますくみます kumimasu
past N5 I drew some water.	汲みましたくみました kumimashita
negative N5 I don't draw water.	汲みませんくみません kumimasen
past negative N4	汲みませんでしたくみませんでした kumimasendeshita
volitional N4 Let's draw some water.	汲みましょうくみましょう kumimashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている N4 I'm drawing water.	汲んでいるくんでいる kundeiru
ていた N4 I was drawing water.	汲んでいたくんでいた kundeita
ています N4 I'm drawing water.	汲んでいますくんでいます kundeimasu
ていました N4 I was drawing water.	汲んでいましたくんでいました kundeimashita