Katsuyo

Godan verb (む)

悩むなやむ

nayamu

to be worried · N3

悩む (なやむ, nayamu) — to be worried — is a godan verb ending in : 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 -verb

Only the last kana changes: becomes , , or .

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.

ないnegative
ますpolite present
dictionary form
potentialif
volitional
The and forms · んで, んだ te-formpast

The and forms are the only two that don't follow this pattern. Every -, - and -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

FormConjugationAudio
present N5 悩む なやむ nayamu
past N5 I worried about something. 悩んだ なやんだ nayanda
negative N5 I don't worry about it. 悩まない なやまない nayamanai
te-form N5 I worry about something and … 悩んで なやんで nayande
past negative N4 悩まなかった なやまなかった nayamanakatta
volitional N4 悩もう なやもう nayamou
potential N3 悩める なやめる nayameru
cond. ば N3 悩めば なやめば nayameba
cond. たら N3 If I worry about it, ... 悩んだら なやんだら nayandara
passive N2 Someone is troubled by it. 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

FormConjugationAudio
present N5 悩みます なやみます nayamimasu
past N5 I worried about something. 悩みました なやみました nayamimashita
negative N5 I don't worry about it. 悩みません なやみません nayamimasen
past negative N4 悩みませんでした なやみませんでした nayamimasendeshita
volitional N4 悩みましょう なやみましょう nayamimashou

ASPECT

FormConjugationAudio
ている N4 I'm worried about something. 悩んでいる なやんでいる nayandeiru
ていた N4 I was worried about something. 悩んでいた なやんでいた nayandeita
ています N4 I'm worried about something. 悩んでいます なやんでいます nayandeimasu
ていました N4 I was worried about something. 悩んでいました なやんでいました nayandeimashita