Godan verb (む)
揉むもむ
momu揉む (もむ, momu) — to rub — is a godan verb ending in む: もんで (te-form), もんだ (past), もまない (negative), もみます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It is usually written in kana: もむ rather than 揉む. It also means to crumple.
How もむ 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.
まもまないnegative
みもみますpolite present
むもむdictionary form
めもめるpotentialもめばif
もももうvolitional
The て and た forms · む → んで, んだ
んもんでte-formもんだ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 | もむ 揉む momu | |
| past I rubbed it. | もんだ 揉んだ monda | |
| negative I don't massage it. | もまない 揉まない momanai | |
| te-form I rub it and … | もんで 揉んで monde | |
| past negative | もまなかった 揉まなかった momanakatta | |
| volitional | ももう 揉もう momou | |
| potential | もめる 揉める momeru | |
| cond. ば If I massage it, ... | もめば 揉めば momeba | |
| cond. たら When I massage it, ... | もんだら 揉んだら mondara | |
| passive It gets massaged. | もまれる 揉まれる momareru | |
| causative I make someone massage it. | もませる 揉ませる momaseru | |
| imperative N1 | もめ 揉め mome |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | もみます 揉みます momimasu | |
| past I rubbed it. | もみました 揉みました momimashita | |
| negative I don't massage it. | もみません 揉みません momimasen | |
| past negative | もみませんでした 揉みませんでした momimasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's massage it. | もみましょう 揉みましょう momimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm massaging it. | もんでいる 揉んでいる mondeiru | |
| ていた I was massaging it. | もんでいた 揉んでいた mondeita | |
| ています I'm massaging it. | もんでいます 揉んでいます mondeimasu | |
| ていました I was massaging it. | もんでいました 揉んでいました mondeimashita |