Godan verb (む)

済むすむ

sumu

to finish · N4

Also read すむ: 住む (live), 澄む (become clear). All 3 words

済む (すむ, sumu) — to finish — is a godan verb ending in む: 済んで (te-form), 済んだ (past), 済まない (negative), 済みます (polite).

It also means to end; to be completed.

How 済む 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.

ま済まないnegative

み済みますpolite present

む済むdictionary form

め済めるpotential済めばif

も済もうvolitional

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

N3 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	済むすむ sumu
past It got settled.	済んだすんだ sunda
negative It won't be done.	済まないすまない sumanai
te-form It gets settled and …	済んですんで sunde
past negative It didn't get settled.	済まなかったすまなかった sumanakatta
volitional	済もうすもう sumou
potential N3	済めるすめる sumeru
cond. ば N3 If it gets settled, ...	済めばすめば sumeba
cond. たら N3 When it's settled, ...	済んだらすんだら sundara
passive N2	済まれるすまれる sumareru
causative N2	済ませるすませる sumaseru
imperative N1	済めすめ sume

POLITE

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present	済みますすみます sumimasu
past It got settled.	済みましたすみました sumimashita
negative It won't be done.	済みませんすみません sumimasen
past negative It didn't get settled.	済みませんでしたすみませんでした sumimasendeshita
volitional	済みましょうすみましょう sumimashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている It's already settled.	済んでいるすんでいる sundeiru
ていた It was finished.	済んでいたすんでいた sundeita
ています It's already settled.	済んでいますすんでいます sundeimasu
ていました It was finished.	済んでいましたすんでいました sundeimashita