Godan verb (む)

妬むねたむ

netamu

to be jealous of · N1

妬む (ねたむ, netamu) — to be jealous of — is a godan verb ending in む: 妬んで (te-form), 妬んだ (past), 妬まない (negative), 妬みます (polite).

It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to envy; to begrudge.

How 妬む 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.

ま妬まないnegative

み妬みますpolite present

む妬むdictionary form

め妬めるpotential妬めばif

も妬もうvolitional

The て and た forms · む → んで, んだん妬んでte-form妬んだ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.

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

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	妬むねたむ netamu
past N5 I envied someone.	妬んだねたんだ netanda
negative N5 I don't envy anyone.	妬まないねたまない netamanai
te-form N5 I envy someone and …	妬んでねたんで netande
past negative N4	妬まなかったねたまなかった netamanakatta
volitional N4	妬もうねたもう netamou
potential N3	妬めるねためる netameru
cond. ば N3	妬めばねためば netameba
cond. たら N3	妬んだらねたんだら netandara
passive N2 I get envied.	妬まれるねたまれる netamareru
causative N2	妬ませるねたませる netamaseru
imperative N1	妬めねため netame

POLITE

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	妬みますねたみます netamimasu
past N5 I envied someone.	妬みましたねたみました netamimashita
negative N5 I don't envy anyone.	妬みませんねたみません netamimasen
past negative N4	妬みませんでしたねたみませんでした netamimasendeshita
volitional N4	妬みましょうねたみましょう netamimashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている N4 I'm jealous of someone.	妬んでいるねたんでいる netandeiru
ていた N4 I was jealous of someone.	妬んでいたねたんでいた netandeita
ています N4 I'm jealous of someone.	妬んでいますねたんでいます netandeimasu
ていました N4 I was jealous of someone.	妬んでいましたねたんでいました netandeimashita