Godan verb (ぶ)
結ぶむすぶ
musubu結ぶ (むすぶ, musubu) — to tie — is a godan verb ending in ぶ: 結んで (te-form), 結んだ (past), 結ばない (negative), 結びます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to bind; to link.
How 結ぶ conjugates · godan ぶ-verb
Only the last kana changes: ぶ becomes ば, び, べ or ぼ.
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.
ば結ばないnegative
び結びますpolite present
ぶ結ぶdictionary form
べ結べるpotential結べばif
ぼ結ぼうvolitional
The て and た forms · ぶ → んで, んだ
ん結んでte-form結んだ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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PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 結ぶ むすぶ musubu | |
| past I tied it. | 結んだ むすんだ musunda | |
| negative I don't tie it. | 結ばない むすばない musubanai | |
| te-form I tie it and … | 結んで むすんで musunde | |
| past negative I didn't tie it. | 結ばなかった むすばなかった musubanakatta | |
| volitional Let's tie it. | 結ぼう むすぼう musubou | |
| potential I can tie it. | 結べる むすべる musuberu | |
| cond. ば If I tie it, ... | 結べば むすべば musubeba | |
| cond. たら When I tie it, ... | 結んだら むすんだら musundara | |
| passive N2 It gets tied. | 結ばれる むすばれる musubareru | |
| causative N2 I make someone tie it. | 結ばせる むすばせる musubaseru | |
| imperative N1 Tie it! | 結べ むすべ musube |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 結びます むすびます musubimasu | |
| past I tied it. | 結びました むすびました musubimashita | |
| negative I don't tie it. | 結びません むすびません musubimasen | |
| past negative I didn't tie it. | 結びませんでした むすびませんでした musubimasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's tie it. | 結びましょう むすびましょう musubimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm tying something. | 結んでいる むすんでいる musundeiru | |
| ていた I was tying it. | 結んでいた むすんでいた musundeita | |
| ています I'm tying something. | 結んでいます むすんでいます musundeimasu | |
| ていました I was tying it. | 結んでいました むすんでいました musundeimashita |