集まる (atsumaru) conjugation
to gather (v.i.), to collect
集まる (あつまる, atsumaru) is a godan verb. Godan verbs change their final kana up and down its column of the kana chart — the a-row for negatives, the i-row before ます, the e-row for potential and ば. Every form below is tappable — hear it, then say it back.
Conjugation table
| Form | Plain (casual) | Polite (~ます) | When you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary / plain | 集まる atsumaru | 集まります atsumarimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 集まらない atsumaranai | 集まりません atsumarimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 集まった atsumatta | 集まりました atsumarimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 集まらなかった atsumaranakatta | 集まりませんでした atsumarimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 集まって atsumatte | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 集まっている atsumatteiru | 集まっています atsumatteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 集まりたい atsumaritai | 集まりたいです atsumaritaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 集まろう atsumarou | 集まりましょう atsumarimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 集まれる atsumareru | 集まれます atsumaremasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 集まられる atsumarareru | 集まられます atsumararemasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 集まらせる atsumaraseru | 集まらせます atsumarasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 集まらされる atsumarasareru | 集まらされます atsumarasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 集まれ atsumare | 集まってください atsumattekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 集まるな atsumaruna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 集まれば atsumareba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 集まったら atsumattara | — | “if / when ~”. The everyday conditional. |
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Why it conjugates this way
Godan verbs change their final kana up and down its column of the kana chart — the a-row for negatives, the i-row before ます, the e-row for potential and ば.
See the full rules on the verb conjugation guide.