募る (tsunoru) conjugation
to invite, to solicit help, participation, etc
募る (つのる, tsunoru) 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 | 募る tsunoru | 募ります tsunorimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 募らない tsunoranai | 募りません tsunorimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 募った tsunotta | 募りました tsunorimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 募らなかった tsunoranakatta | 募りませんでした tsunorimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 募って tsunotte | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 募っている tsunotteiru | 募っています tsunotteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 募りたい tsunoritai | 募りたいです tsunoritaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 募ろう tsunorou | 募りましょう tsunorimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 募れる tsunoreru | 募れます tsunoremasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 募られる tsunorareru | 募られます tsunoraremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 募らせる tsunoraseru | 募らせます tsunorasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 募らされる tsunorasareru | 募らされます tsunorasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 募れ tsunore | 募ってください tsunottekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 募るな tsunoruna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 募れば tsunoreba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 募ったら tsunottara | — | “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.