溶け込む (tokekomu) conjugation
to melt into; to become a part of
溶け込む (とけこむ, tokekomu) 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 | 溶け込む tokekomu | 溶け込みます tokekomimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 溶け込まない tokekomanai | 溶け込みません tokekomimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 溶け込んだ tokekonda | 溶け込みました tokekomimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 溶け込まなかった tokekomanakatta | 溶け込みませんでした tokekomimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 溶け込んで tokekonde | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 溶け込んでいる tokekondeiru | 溶け込んでいます tokekondeimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 溶け込みたい tokekomitai | 溶け込みたいです tokekomitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 溶け込もう tokekomou | 溶け込みましょう tokekomimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 溶け込める tokekomeru | 溶け込めます tokekomemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 溶け込まれる tokekomareru | 溶け込まれます tokekomaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 溶け込ませる tokekomaseru | 溶け込ませます tokekomasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 溶け込まされる tokekomasareru | 溶け込まされます tokekomasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 溶け込め tokekome | 溶け込んでください tokekondekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 溶け込むな tokekomuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 溶け込めば tokekomeba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 溶け込んだら tokekondara | — | “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.