Godan verb (む)
悩むなやむ
nayamu悩む (なやむ, nayamu) — to be worried — is a godan verb ending in む: 悩んで (te-form), 悩んだ (past), 悩まない (negative), 悩みます (polite).
It also means to be troubled.
How 悩む 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.
ま悩まないnegative
み悩みますpolite present
む悩むdictionary form
め悩めるpotential悩めばif
も悩もうvolitional
The て and た forms · む → んで, んだ
ん悩んでte-form悩んだ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 | 悩む なやむ nayamu | |
| past I worried about something. | 悩んだ なやんだ nayanda | |
| negative I don't worry about it. | 悩まない なやまない nayamanai | |
| te-form I worry about something and … | 悩んで なやんで nayande | |
| past negative | 悩まなかった なやまなかった nayamanakatta | |
| volitional | 悩もう なやもう nayamou | |
| potential | 悩める なやめる nayameru | |
| cond. ば | 悩めば なやめば nayameba | |
| cond. たら If I worry about it, ... | 悩んだら なやんだら nayandara | |
| passive N2 | 悩まれる なやまれる nayamareru | |
| causative N2 I make someone worry. | 悩ませる なやませる nayamaseru | |
| imperative N1 | 悩め なやめ nayame |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 悩みます なやみます nayamimasu | |
| past I worried about something. | 悩みました なやみました nayamimashita | |
| negative I don't worry about it. | 悩みません なやみません nayamimasen | |
| past negative | 悩みませんでした なやみませんでした nayamimasendeshita | |
| volitional | 悩みましょう なやみましょう nayamimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm worried about something. | 悩んでいる なやんでいる nayandeiru | |
| ていた I was worried about something. | 悩んでいた なやんでいた nayandeita | |
| ています I'm worried about something. | 悩んでいます なやんでいます nayandeimasu | |
| ていました I was worried about something. | 悩んでいました なやんでいました nayandeimashita |