Godan verb (む)
済むすむ
sumuAlso 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.
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Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 済む すむ sumu | |
| past N5 It got settled. | 済んだ すんだ sunda | |
| negative N5 It won't be done. | 済まない すまない sumanai | |
| te-form N5 It gets settled and … | 済んで すんで sunde | |
| past negative N4 It didn't get settled. | 済まなかった すまなかった sumanakatta | |
| volitional N4 | 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 I get it over with. | 済ませる すませる sumaseru | |
| imperative N1 | 済め すめ sume |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 済みます すみます sumimasu | |
| past N5 It got settled. | 済みました すみました sumimashita | |
| negative N5 It won't be done. | 済みません すみません sumimasen | |
| past negative N4 It didn't get settled. | 済みませんでした すみませんでした sumimasendeshita | |
| volitional N4 | 済みましょう すみましょう sumimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている N4 It's already settled. | 済んでいる すんでいる sundeiru | |
| ていた N4 It was finished. | 済んでいた すんでいた sundeita | |
| ています N4 It's already settled. | 済んでいます すんでいます sundeimasu | |
| ていました N4 It was finished. | 済んでいました すんでいました sundeimashita |