Godan verb (む)
止むやむ
yamuAlso read やむ: 病む (fall ill). All 2 words
止む (やむ, yamu) — to cease — is a godan verb ending in む: 止んで (te-form), 止んだ (past), 止まない (negative), 止みます (polite).
It also means to stop; to be over.
How 止む 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.
ま止まないnegative
み止みますpolite present
む止むdictionary form
め止めるpotential止めばif
も止もうvolitional
The て and た forms · む → んで, んだ
ん止んでte-form止んだ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 | 止む やむ yamu | |
| past It stopped. | 止んだ やんだ yanda | |
| negative It doesn't stop. | 止まない やまない yamanai | |
| te-form It stops and … | 止んで やんで yande | |
| past negative It didn't stop. | 止まなかった やまなかった yamanakatta | |
| volitional | 止もう やもう yamou | |
| potential N3 | 止める やめる yameru | |
| cond. ば N3 If it stops, ... | 止めば やめば yameba | |
| cond. たら N3 When it stops, ... | 止んだら やんだら yandara | |
| passive N2 | 止まれる やまれる yamareru | |
| causative N2 I make it stop. | 止ませる やませる yamaseru | |
| imperative N1 | 止め やめ yame |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 止みます やみます yamimasu | |
| past It stopped. | 止みました やみました yamimashita | |
| negative It doesn't stop. | 止みません やみません yamimasen | |
| past negative It didn't stop. | 止みませんでした やみませんでした yamimasendeshita | |
| volitional | 止みましょう やみましょう yamimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている It has stopped. | 止んでいる やんでいる yandeiru | |
| ていた It had stopped. | 止んでいた やんでいた yandeita | |
| ています It has stopped. | 止んでいます やんでいます yandeimasu | |
| ていました It had stopped. | 止んでいました やんでいました yandeimashita |