Ichidan verb

止めるとめる

tomeru

to stop · N4

Also read とめる: 泊める (lodge). All 2 words

止める (とめる, tomeru) — to stop — is an ichidan verb: 止めて (te-form), 止めた (past), 止めない (negative), 止めます (polite).

It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to turn off.

How 止める conjugates · ichidan verb

Drop the る, then add the ending.

Nothing else moves: every ending attaches straight to the stem 止め. That is what makes ichidan the easy class.

止める dropsstem + ending

止めない止めないnegative · I don't stop it. 止めます止めますpolite present 止めて止めてte-form · I stop it and … 止めた止めたpast · I stopped it. 止められる止められるpotential · I can stop it. 止めれば止めればif · If I stop it, ... 止めよう止めようvolitional · Let's stop it.

No sound changes and no vowel rows. The catch is telling ichidan from godan: plenty of godan verbs end in る too.

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PLAIN

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present	止めるとめる tomeru
past I stopped it.	止めたとめた tometa
negative I don't stop it.	止めないとめない tomenai
te-form I stop it and …	止めてとめて tomete
past negative I didn't stop it.	止めなかったとめなかった tomenakatta
volitional Let's stop it.	止めようとめよう tomeyou
potential N3 I can stop it.	止められるとめられる tomerareru
cond. ば N3 If I stop it, ...	止めればとめれば tomereba
cond. たら N3 When I stop it, ...	止めたらとめたら tometara
passive N2 It gets stopped.	止められるとめられる tomerareru
causative N2 I make someone stop it.	止めさせるとめさせる tomesaseru
imperative N1 Stop it!	止めろとめろ tomero

POLITE

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present	止めますとめます tomemasu
past I stopped it.	止めましたとめました tomemashita
negative I don't stop it.	止めませんとめません tomemasen
past negative I didn't stop it.	止めませんでしたとめませんでした tomemasendeshita
volitional Let's stop it.	止めましょうとめましょう tomemashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている I'm stopping it.	止めているとめている tometeiru
ていた I was stopping it.	止めていたとめていた tometeita
ています I'm stopping it.	止めていますとめています tometeimasu
ていました I was stopping it.	止めていましたとめていました tometeimashita