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.

N4 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	住むすむ sumu
past I lived there.	住んだすんだ sunda
negative I don't live there.	住まないすまない sumanai
te-form 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	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	住みますすみます sumimasu
past I lived there.	住みましたすみました sumimashita
negative 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