飲み込む (nomikomu) conjugation
to gulp down, to swallow deeply, to understand
飲み込む (のみこむ, nomikomu) 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 | 飲み込む nomikomu | 飲み込みます nomikomimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 飲み込まない nomikomanai | 飲み込みません nomikomimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 飲み込んだ nomikonda | 飲み込みました nomikomimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 飲み込まなかった nomikomanakatta | 飲み込みませんでした nomikomimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 飲み込んで nomikonde | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 飲み込んでいる nomikondeiru | 飲み込んでいます nomikondeimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 飲み込みたい nomikomitai | 飲み込みたいです nomikomitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 飲み込もう nomikomou | 飲み込みましょう nomikomimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 飲み込める nomikomeru | 飲み込めます nomikomemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 飲み込まれる nomikomareru | 飲み込まれます nomikomaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 飲み込ませる nomikomaseru | 飲み込ませます nomikomasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 飲み込まされる nomikomasareru | 飲み込まされます nomikomasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 飲み込め nomikome | 飲み込んでください nomikondekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 飲み込むな nomikomuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 飲み込めば nomikomeba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 飲み込んだら nomikondara | — | “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.