Godan verb (む)

しゃがむ

shagamu

to squat · N2

しゃがむ (shagamu) — to squat — is a godan verb ending in む: しゃがんで (te-form), しゃがんだ (past), しゃがまない (negative), しゃがみます (polite).

It also means to crouch.

How しゃがむ 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.

ましゃがまないnegative

みしゃがみますpolite present

むしゃがむdictionary form

めしゃがめるpotentialしゃがめばif

もしゃがもうvolitional

The て and た forms · む → んで, んだんしゃがんでte-formしゃがんだ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.

N1 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	しゃがむ shagamu
past I squatted down.	しゃがんだ shaganda
negative I don't squat down.	しゃがまない shagamanai
te-form I squat down and …	しゃがんで shagande
past negative	しゃがまなかった shagamanakatta
volitional Let's squat down.	しゃがもう shagamou
potential I can squat down.	しゃがめる shagameru
cond. ば If I squat down, ...	しゃがめば shagameba
cond. たら When I squat down, ...	しゃがんだら shagandara
passive	しゃがまれる shagamareru
causative I make someone squat down.	しゃがませる shagamaseru
imperative N1 Squat down!	しゃがめ shagame

POLITE

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present	しゃがみます shagamimasu
past I squatted down.	しゃがみました shagamimashita
negative I don't squat down.	しゃがみません shagamimasen
past negative	しゃがみませんでした shagamimasendeshita
volitional Let's squat down.	しゃがみましょう shagamimashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている I'm squatting down.	しゃがんでいる shagandeiru
ていた I was squatting down.	しゃがんでいた shagandeita
ています I'm squatting down.	しゃがんでいます shagandeimasu
ていました I was squatting down.	しゃがんでいました shagandeimashita