Godan verb (む)
頼むたのむ
tanomu頼む (たのむ, tanomu) — to request — is a godan verb ending in む: 頼んで (te-form), 頼んだ (past), 頼まない (negative), 頼みます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to beg; to ask.
How 頼む 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.
ま頼まないnegative
み頼みますpolite present
む頼むdictionary form
め頼めるpotential頼めばif
も頼もうvolitional
The て and た forms · む → んで, んだ
ん頼んでte-form頼んだ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 | 頼む たのむ tanomu | |
| past I asked someone to do it. | 頼んだ たのんだ tanonda | |
| negative I won't ask anyone. | 頼まない たのまない tanomanai | |
| te-form I ask someone and … | 頼んで たのんで tanonde | |
| past negative N4 I didn't ask anyone. | 頼まなかった たのまなかった tanomanakatta | |
| volitional N4 Let's ask someone. | 頼もう たのもう tanomou | |
| potential N3 I can ask someone. | 頼める たのめる tanomeru | |
| cond. ば N3 If I ask someone, ... | 頼めば たのめば tanomeba | |
| cond. たら N3 If I request it, ... | 頼んだら たのんだら tanondara | |
| passive N2 I get asked to do something. | 頼まれる たのまれる tanomareru | |
| causative N2 | 頼ませる たのませる tanomaseru | |
| imperative N1 Ask them! | 頼め たのめ tanome |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 頼みます たのみます tanomimasu | |
| past I asked someone to do it. | 頼みました たのみました tanomimashita | |
| negative I won't ask anyone. | 頼みません たのみません tanomimasen | |
| past negative N4 I didn't ask anyone. | 頼みませんでした たのみませんでした tanomimasendeshita | |
| volitional N4 Let's ask someone. | 頼みましょう たのみましょう tanomimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている N4 I'm asking someone to do it. | 頼んでいる たのんでいる tanondeiru | |
| ていた N4 I was asking someone to do it. | 頼んでいた たのんでいた tanondeita | |
| ています N4 I'm asking someone to do it. | 頼んでいます たのんでいます tanondeimasu | |
| ていました N4 I was asking someone to do it. | 頼んでいました たのんでいました tanondeimashita |