Godan verb (む)
生むうむ
umu生む (うむ, umu) — to give birth — is a godan verb ending in む: 生んで (te-form), 生んだ (past), 生まない (negative), 生みます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to bear; to lay.
How 生む 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.
ま生まないnegative
み生みますpolite present
む生むdictionary form
め生めるpotential生めばif
も生もうvolitional
The て and た forms · む → んで, んだ
ん生んでte-form生んだ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.
Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 生む うむ umu | |
| past I gave birth. | 生んだ うんだ unda | |
| negative I don't give birth. | 生まない うまない umanai | |
| te-form I give birth and … | 生んで うんで unde | |
| past negative I didn't give birth. | 生まなかった うまなかった umanakatta | |
| volitional Let's give birth. | 生もう うもう umou | |
| potential I can give birth. | 生める うめる umeru | |
| cond. ば If I give birth, ... | 生めば うめば umeba | |
| cond. たら When I give birth, ... | 生んだら うんだら undara | |
| passive | 生まれる うまれる umareru | |
| causative I let someone give birth. | 生ませる うませる umaseru | |
| imperative | 生め うめ ume |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 生みます うみます umimasu | |
| past I gave birth. | 生みました うみました umimashita | |
| negative I don't give birth. | 生みません うみません umimasen | |
| past negative I didn't give birth. | 生みませんでした うみませんでした umimasendeshita | |
| volitional Let's give birth. | 生みましょう うみましょう umimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている I'm giving birth. | 生んでいる うんでいる undeiru | |
| ていた I was giving birth. | 生んでいた うんでいた undeita | |
| ています I'm giving birth. | 生んでいます うんでいます undeimasu | |
| ていました I was giving birth. | 生んでいました うんでいました undeimashita |