挟む (hasamu) conjugation
to pinch; to hold between; to insert
挟む (はさむ, hasamu) 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 | 挟む hasamu | 挟みます hasamimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 挟まない hasamanai | 挟みません hasamimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 挟んだ hasanda | 挟みました hasamimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 挟まなかった hasamanakatta | 挟みませんでした hasamimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 挟んで hasande | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 挟んでいる hasandeiru | 挟んでいます hasandeimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 挟みたい hasamitai | 挟みたいです hasamitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 挟もう hasamou | 挟みましょう hasamimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 挟める hasameru | 挟めます hasamemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 挟まれる hasamareru | 挟まれます hasamaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 挟ませる hasamaseru | 挟ませます hasamasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 挟まされる hasamasareru | 挟まされます hasamasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 挟め hasame | 挟んでください hasandekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 挟むな hasamuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 挟めば hasameba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 挟んだら hasandara | — | “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.