意気込む (ikigomu) conjugation
to be enthusiastic about
意気込む (いきごむ, ikigomu) 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 | 意気込む ikigomu | 意気込みます ikigomimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 意気込まない ikigomanai | 意気込みません ikigomimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 意気込んだ ikigonda | 意気込みました ikigomimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 意気込まなかった ikigomanakatta | 意気込みませんでした ikigomimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 意気込んで ikigonde | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 意気込んでいる ikigondeiru | 意気込んでいます ikigondeimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 意気込みたい ikigomitai | 意気込みたいです ikigomitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 意気込もう ikigomou | 意気込みましょう ikigomimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 意気込める ikigomeru | 意気込めます ikigomemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 意気込まれる ikigomareru | 意気込まれます ikigomaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 意気込ませる ikigomaseru | 意気込ませます ikigomasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 意気込まされる ikigomasareru | 意気込まされます ikigomasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 意気込め ikigome | 意気込んでください ikigondekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 意気込むな ikigomuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 意気込めば ikigomeba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 意気込んだら ikigondara | — | “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.