包む (tsutsumu) conjugation
to wrap, to cover
包む (つつむ, tsutsumu) 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 | 包む tsutsumu | 包みます tsutsumimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 包まない tsutsumanai | 包みません tsutsumimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 包んだ tsutsunda | 包みました tsutsumimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 包まなかった tsutsumanakatta | 包みませんでした tsutsumimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 包んで tsutsunde | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 包んでいる tsutsundeiru | 包んでいます tsutsundeimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 包みたい tsutsumitai | 包みたいです tsutsumitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 包もう tsutsumou | 包みましょう tsutsumimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 包める tsutsumeru | 包めます tsutsumemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 包まれる tsutsumareru | 包まれます tsutsumaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 包ませる tsutsumaseru | 包ませます tsutsumasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 包まされる tsutsumasareru | 包まされます tsutsumasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 包め tsutsume | 包んでください tsutsundekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 包むな tsutsumuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 包めば tsutsumeba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 包んだら tsutsundara | — | “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.