申し込む (moushikomu) conjugation
to apply for, to make an application
申し込む (もうしこむ, moushikomu) 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 | 申し込む moushikomu | 申し込みます moushikomimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 申し込まない moushikomanai | 申し込みません moushikomimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 申し込んだ moushikonda | 申し込みました moushikomimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 申し込まなかった moushikomanakatta | 申し込みませんでした moushikomimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 申し込んで moushikonde | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 申し込んでいる moushikondeiru | 申し込んでいます moushikondeimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 申し込みたい moushikomitai | 申し込みたいです moushikomitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 申し込もう moushikomou | 申し込みましょう moushikomimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 申し込める moushikomeru | 申し込めます moushikomemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 申し込まれる moushikomareru | 申し込まれます moushikomaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 申し込ませる moushikomaseru | 申し込ませます moushikomasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 申し込まされる moushikomasareru | 申し込まされます moushikomasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 申し込め moushikome | 申し込んでください moushikondekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 申し込むな moushikomuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 申し込めば moushikomeba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 申し込んだら moushikondara | — | “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.