Godan verb (む)
畳むたたむ
tatamu畳む (たたむ, tatamu) — to fold — is a godan verb ending in む: たたんで (te-form), たたんだ (past), たたまない (negative), たたみます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It is usually written in kana: たたむ rather than 畳む.
How たたむ 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.
またたまないnegative
みたたみますpolite present
むたたむdictionary form
めたためるpotentialたためばif
もたたもうvolitional
The て and た forms · む → んで, んだ
んたたんでte-formたたんだ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 | たたむ 畳む tatamu | |
| past I folded it. | たたんだ 畳んだ tatanda | |
| negative I don't fold it. | たたまない 畳まない tatamanai | |
| te-form I fold it and … | たたんで 畳んで tatande | |
| past negative | たたまなかった 畳まなかった tatamanakatta | |
| volitional Let's fold it. | たたもう 畳もう tatamou | |
| potential I can fold it. | たためる 畳める tatameru | |
| cond. ば If I fold it, ... | たためば 畳めば tatameba | |
| cond. たら When I fold it, ... | たたんだら 畳んだら tatandara | |
| passive It gets folded. | たたまれる 畳まれる tatamareru | |
| causative I make someone fold it. | たたませる 畳ませる tatamaseru | |
| imperative N1 Fold it! | たため 畳め tatame |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | たたみます 畳みます tatamimasu | |
| past I folded it. | たたみました 畳みました tatamimashita | |
| negative I don't fold it. | たたみません 畳みません tatamimasen | |
| past negative | たたみませんでした 畳みませんでした tatamimasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's fold it. | たたみましょう 畳みましょう tatamimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm folding it. | たたんでいる 畳んでいる tatandeiru | |
| ていた I was folding it. | たたんでいた 畳んでいた tatandeita | |
| ています I'm folding it. | たたんでいます 畳んでいます tatandeimasu | |
| ていました I was folding it. | たたんでいました 畳んでいました tatandeimashita |