歩む (ayumu) conjugation
to walk
歩む (あゆむ, ayumu) 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 | 歩む ayumu | 歩みます ayumimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 歩まない ayumanai | 歩みません ayumimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 歩んだ ayunda | 歩みました ayumimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 歩まなかった ayumanakatta | 歩みませんでした ayumimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 歩んで ayunde | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 歩んでいる ayundeiru | 歩んでいます ayundeimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 歩みたい ayumitai | 歩みたいです ayumitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 歩もう ayumou | 歩みましょう ayumimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 歩める ayumeru | 歩めます ayumemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 歩まれる ayumareru | 歩まれます ayumaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 歩ませる ayumaseru | 歩ませます ayumasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 歩まされる ayumasareru | 歩まされます ayumasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 歩め ayume | 歩んでください ayundekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 歩むな ayumuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 歩めば ayumeba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 歩んだら ayundara | — | “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.