Godan verb (む)

進むすすむ

susumu

to advance · N4

進む (すすむ, susumu) — to advance — is a godan verb ending in む: 進んで (te-form), 進んだ (past), 進まない (negative), 進みます (polite).

It also means to go forward.

How 進む 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.

ま進まないnegative

み進みますpolite present

む進むdictionary form

め進めるpotential進めばif

も進もうvolitional

The て and た forms · む → んで, んだん進んでte-form進んだ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	進むすすむ susumu
past N5 I moved forward.	進んだすすんだ susunda
negative N5 I don't move forward.	進まないすすまない susumanai
te-form N5 I move forward and …	進んですすんで susunde
past negative N4 I didn't move forward.	進まなかったすすまなかった susumanakatta
volitional N4 Let's move forward!	進もうすすもう susumou
potential N3	進めるすすめる susumeru
cond. ば N3 If I move forward, ...	進めばすすめば susumeba
cond. たら N3 When I move forward, ...	進んだらすすんだら susundara
passive N2 Someone goes on ahead of me.	進まれるすすまれる susumareru
causative N2 I make it move forward.	進ませるすすませる susumaseru
imperative N1 Move forward!	進めすすめ susume

POLITE

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	進みますすすみます susumimasu
past N5 I moved forward.	進みましたすすみました susumimashita
negative N5 I don't move forward.	進みませんすすみません susumimasen
past negative N4 I didn't move forward.	進みませんでしたすすみませんでした susumimasendeshita
volitional N4 Let's move forward!	進みましょうすすみましょう susumimashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている N4 I'm moving forward.	進んでいるすすんでいる susundeiru
ていた N4 I was moving forward.	進んでいたすすんでいた susundeita
ています N4 I'm moving forward.	進んでいますすすんでいます susundeimasu
ていました N4 I was moving forward.	進んでいましたすすんでいました susundeimashita