Godan verb (む)
悔やむくやむ
kuyamu悔やむ (くやむ, kuyamu) — to mourn — is a godan verb ending in む: 悔やんで (te-form), 悔やんだ (past), 悔やまない (negative), 悔やみます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to lament.
How 悔やむ 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.
ま悔やまないnegative
み悔やみますpolite present
む悔やむdictionary form
め悔やめるpotential悔やめばif
も悔やもうvolitional
The て and た forms · む → んで, んだ
ん悔やんでte-form悔やんだ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 | 悔やむ くやむ kuyamu | |
| past I regretted it. | 悔やんだ くやんだ kuyanda | |
| negative I don't regret it. | 悔やまない くやまない kuyamanai | |
| te-form I regret it and … | 悔やんで くやんで kuyande | |
| past negative | 悔やまなかった くやまなかった kuyamanakatta | |
| volitional | 悔やもう くやもう kuyamou | |
| potential | 悔やめる くやめる kuyameru | |
| cond. ば | 悔やめば くやめば kuyameba | |
| cond. たら | 悔やんだら くやんだら kuyandara | |
| passive | 悔やまれる くやまれる kuyamareru | |
| causative | 悔やませる くやませる kuyamaseru | |
| imperative N1 | 悔やめ くやめ kuyame |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 悔やみます くやみます kuyamimasu | |
| past I regretted it. | 悔やみました くやみました kuyamimashita | |
| negative I don't regret it. | 悔やみません くやみません kuyamimasen | |
| past negative | 悔やみませんでした くやみませんでした kuyamimasendeshita | |
| volitional | 悔やみましょう くやみましょう kuyamimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm mourning someone. | 悔やんでいる くやんでいる kuyandeiru | |
| ていた I was regretting it. | 悔やんでいた くやんでいた kuyandeita | |
| ています I'm mourning someone. | 悔やんでいます くやんでいます kuyandeimasu | |
| ていました I was regretting it. | 悔やんでいました くやんでいました kuyandeimashita |