Godan verb (む)
盗むぬすむ
nusumu盗む (ぬすむ, nusumu) — to steal — is a godan verb ending in む: 盗んで (te-form), 盗んだ (past), 盗まない (negative), 盗みます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object.
How 盗む 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.
ま盗まないnegative
み盗みますpolite present
む盗むdictionary form
め盗めるpotential盗めばif
も盗もうvolitional
The て and た forms · む → んで, んだ
ん盗んでte-form盗んだ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 | 盗む ぬすむ nusumu | |
| past I stole it. | 盗んだ ぬすんだ nusunda | |
| negative I don't steal. | 盗まない ぬすまない nusumanai | |
| te-form I steal it and … | 盗んで ぬすんで nusunde | |
| past negative I didn't steal it. | 盗まなかった ぬすまなかった nusumanakatta | |
| volitional | 盗もう ぬすもう nusumou | |
| potential N3 I can steal it. | 盗める ぬすめる nusumeru | |
| cond. ば N3 If I steal it, ... | 盗めば ぬすめば nusumeba | |
| cond. たら N3 If I steal something, ... | 盗んだら ぬすんだら nusundara | |
| passive N2 It got stolen. | 盗まれる ぬすまれる nusumareru | |
| causative N2 I make someone steal it. | 盗ませる ぬすませる nusumaseru | |
| imperative N1 | 盗め ぬすめ nusume |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 盗みます ぬすみます nusumimasu | |
| past I stole it. | 盗みました ぬすみました nusumimashita | |
| negative I don't steal. | 盗みません ぬすみません nusumimasen | |
| past negative I didn't steal it. | 盗みませんでした ぬすみませんでした nusumimasendeshita | |
| volitional | 盗みましょう ぬすみましょう nusumimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm stealing it. | 盗んでいる ぬすんでいる nusundeiru | |
| ていた I was stealing it. | 盗んでいた ぬすんでいた nusundeita | |
| ています I'm stealing it. | 盗んでいます ぬすんでいます nusundeimasu | |
| ていました I was stealing it. | 盗んでいました ぬすんでいました nusundeimashita |