つみ
tsumi
JLPT N2 verb 連用形
つみ is the masu-stem of つむ — to pile up, to stack.
- to load (car, ship, etc.), to pack
- to acquire, to accumulate
How it’s built
つむ
つみ
Masu-stem (連用形). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.
つむ is a godan verb (u-verb), so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of つむ. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of つむ
| Polite (ます形) | つみます |
| Polite negative (ません) | つみません |
| Polite past (ました) | つみました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | つみませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | つみましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) ← this one | つみ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | つみたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | つみながら |
| Te-form (て形) | つんで |
| Plain past (た形) | つんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | つんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | つんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | つまない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | つまなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | つまなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | つめる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | つめば |
| Imperative (命令形) | つめ |
| Volitional (意向形) | つもう |
| Passive (受身形) | つまれる |
| Causative (使役形) | つませる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | つまされる |
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Other forms and spellings
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