望む (nozomu) conjugation
to desire, to wish for; to view
望む (のぞむ, nozomu) 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 | 望む nozomu | 望みます nozomimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 望まない nozomanai | 望みません nozomimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 望んだ nozonda | 望みました nozomimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 望まなかった nozomanakatta | 望みませんでした nozomimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 望んで nozonde | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 望んでいる nozondeiru | 望んでいます nozondeimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 望みたい nozomitai | 望みたいです nozomitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 望もう nozomou | 望みましょう nozomimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 望める nozomeru | 望めます nozomemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 望まれる nozomareru | 望まれます nozomaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 望ませる nozomaseru | 望ませます nozomasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 望まされる nozomasareru | 望まされます nozomasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 望め nozome | 望んでください nozondekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 望むな nozomuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 望めば nozomeba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 望んだら nozondara | — | “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.