好む (konomu) conjugation
to like, to prefer
好む (このむ, konomu) 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 | 好む konomu | 好みます konomimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 好まない konomanai | 好みません konomimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 好んだ kononda | 好みました konomimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 好まなかった konomanakatta | 好みませんでした konomimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 好んで kononde | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 好んでいる konondeiru | 好んでいます konondeimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 好みたい konomitai | 好みたいです konomitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 好もう konomou | 好みましょう konomimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 好める konomeru | 好めます konomemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 好まれる konomareru | 好まれます konomaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 好ませる konomaseru | 好ませます konomasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 好まされる konomasareru | 好まされます konomasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 好め konome | 好んでください konondekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 好むな konomuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 好めば konomeba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 好んだら konondara | — | “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.