Godan verb (む)

住むすむ

sumu

to live (of humans) · N5

Also read すむ: 済む (finish), 澄む (become clear). All 3 words

住む (すむ, sumu) — to live — is a godan verb ending in む: 住んで (te-form), 住んだ (past), 住まない (negative), 住みます (polite).

It also means to reside; to inhabit.

How 住む 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.

ま住まないnegative

み住みますpolite present

む住むdictionary form

め住めるpotential住めばif

も住もうvolitional

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

N5 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 N5	住むすむ sumu
past N5 I lived there.	住んだすんだ sunda
negative N5 I don't live there.	住まないすまない sumanai
te-form N5 I live there and …	住んですんで sunde
past negative N4	住まなかったすまなかった sumanakatta
volitional N4 Let's live there.	住もうすもう sumou
potential N3 I can live there.	住めるすめる sumeru
cond. ば N3 If I live there, ...	住めばすめば sumeba
cond. たら N3 When I live there, ...	住んだらすんだら sundara
passive N2 It gets lived in.	住まれるすまれる sumareru
causative N2	住ませるすませる sumaseru
imperative N1 Live there!	住めすめ sume

POLITE

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	住みますすみます sumimasu
past N5 I lived there.	住みましたすみました sumimashita
negative N5 I don't live there.	住みませんすみません sumimasen
past negative N4	住みませんでしたすみませんでした sumimasendeshita
volitional N4 Let's live there.	住みましょうすみましょう sumimashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている N4 I live there.	住んでいるすんでいる sundeiru
ていた N4 I was living there.	住んでいたすんでいた sundeita
ています N4 I live there.	住んでいますすんでいます sundeimasu
ていました N4 I was living there.	住んでいましたすんでいました sundeimashita