Godan verb (く)
背くそむく
somuku背く (そむく, somuku) — to run counter to — is a godan verb ending in く: 背いて (te-form), 背いた (past), 背かない (negative), 背きます (polite).
It also means to go against; to disobey.
How 背く conjugates · godan く-verb
Only the last kana changes: く becomes か, き, け or こ.
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.
か背かないnegative
き背きますpolite present
く背くdictionary form
け背けるpotential背けばif
こ背こうvolitional
The て and た forms · く → いて, いた
い背いてte-form背いたpast
The て and た forms are the only two that don't follow this pattern. Every く- and ぐ-verb changes the same way there; only 行く is different.
Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 背く そむく somuku | |
| past I disobeyed someone. | 背いた そむいた somuita | |
| negative I don't disobey anyone. | 背かない そむかない somukanai | |
| te-form I go against it and … | 背いて そむいて somuite | |
| past negative I didn't go against it. | 背かなかった そむかなかった somukanakatta | |
| volitional | 背こう そむこう somukou | |
| potential | 背ける そむける somukeru | |
| cond. ば If I disobey someone, ... | 背けば そむけば somukeba | |
| cond. たら When I go against it, ... | 背いたら そむいたら somuitara | |
| passive Someone goes against me. | 背かれる そむかれる somukareru | |
| causative I make someone go against it. | 背かせる そむかせる somukaseru | |
| imperative | 背け そむけ somuke |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 背きます そむきます somukimasu | |
| past I disobeyed someone. | 背きました そむきました somukimashita | |
| negative I don't disobey anyone. | 背きません そむきません somukimasen | |
| past negative I didn't go against it. | 背きませんでした そむきませんでした somukimasendeshita | |
| volitional | 背きましょう そむきましょう somukimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm disobeying someone. | 背いている そむいている somuiteiru | |
| ていた I was going against it. | 背いていた そむいていた somuiteita | |
| ています I'm disobeying someone. | 背いています そむいています somuiteimasu | |
| ていました I was going against it. | 背いていました そむいていました somuiteimashita |