Godan verb (む)
拝むおがむ
ogamu拝む (おがむ, ogamu) — to assume the posture of praying — is a godan verb ending in む: 拝んで (te-form), 拝んだ (past), 拝まない (negative), 拝みます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to do reverence.
How 拝む 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.
ま拝まないnegative
み拝みますpolite present
む拝むdictionary form
め拝めるpotential拝めばif
も拝もうvolitional
The て and た forms · む → んで, んだ
ん拝んでte-form拝んだ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 | 拝む おがむ ogamu | |
| past I prayed to it. | 拝んだ おがんだ oganda | |
| negative I don't pray to it. | 拝まない おがまない ogamanai | |
| te-form I press my hands together in prayer and … | 拝んで おがんで ogande | |
| past negative I didn't pray to it. | 拝まなかった おがまなかった ogamanakatta | |
| volitional Let's pray to it. | 拝もう おがもう ogamou | |
| potential I can pray to it. | 拝める おがめる ogameru | |
| cond. ば If I pray to it, ... | 拝めば おがめば ogameba | |
| cond. たら When I pray to it, ... | 拝んだら おがんだら ogandara | |
| passive It gets prayed to. | 拝まれる おがまれる ogamareru | |
| causative I make someone pray to it. | 拝ませる おがませる ogamaseru | |
| imperative N1 Pray to it! | 拝め おがめ ogame |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 拝みます おがみます ogamimasu | |
| past I prayed to it. | 拝みました おがみました ogamimashita | |
| negative I don't pray to it. | 拝みません おがみません ogamimasen | |
| past negative I didn't pray to it. | 拝みませんでした おがみませんでした ogamimasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's pray to it. | 拝みましょう おがみましょう ogamimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm praying to it. | 拝んでいる おがんでいる ogandeiru | |
| ていた I was praying to it. | 拝んでいた おがんでいた ogandeita | |
| ています I'm praying to it. | 拝んでいます おがんでいます ogandeimasu | |
| ていました I was praying to it. | 拝んでいました おがんでいました ogandeimashita |