凹む (hekomu) conjugation
to be dented, to be indented
凹む (へこむ, hekomu) 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 | 凹む hekomu | 凹みます hekomimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 凹まない hekomanai | 凹みません hekomimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 凹んだ hekonda | 凹みました hekomimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 凹まなかった hekomanakatta | 凹みませんでした hekomimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 凹んで hekonde | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 凹んでいる hekondeiru | 凹んでいます hekondeimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 凹みたい hekomitai | 凹みたいです hekomitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 凹もう hekomou | 凹みましょう hekomimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 凹める hekomeru | 凹めます hekomemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 凹まれる hekomareru | 凹まれます hekomaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 凹ませる hekomaseru | 凹ませます hekomasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 凹まされる hekomasareru | 凹まされます hekomasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 凹め hekome | 凹んでください hekondekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 凹むな hekomuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 凹めば hekomeba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 凹んだら hekondara | — | “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.