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務める

to assume a role

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Conjugation of 務める

This verb follows the ichidan conjugation pattern.
私/俺
Present informal tense
務める
tsutomeru
I assume a role
Present informal negative tense
務めない
tsutomenai
I don't assume a role
Present formal tense
務めます
tsutomemasu
I assume a role
Present formal negative tense
務めません
tsen
I do not assume a role
私/俺
Past informal tense
務めた
tsutometa
I assumed a role
Past informal negative tense
務めなかった
tsutomenakatta
I didn't assume a role
Past formal tense
務めました
tshita
I assume a role
Past formal negative tense
務めませんでした
tsen deshita
I did not assume a role
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
務めよ
tsutomeyo
assume a role
Imperative negative mood
務めるな
tsutomeru na
don't assume a role
Imperative formal mood
務めてください
tsutomete kudasai
please assume a role
Imperative formal negative mood
務めないでください
tsutomenai dekudasai
please do not assume a role
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
務めて
tsutomete
assume a role
Passive stem
務められる
tsutomerareru
assumed a role
Hypothetical tense
務めれ
tsutomere
if I assumed a role
Hypothetical conditional stem
務めれば
tsutomereba
assumed a role
私/俺
Volitional stem
務めよう
tsutomeyō
will assume a role
Potential stem
務められる
tsutomerareru
assumed a role
Continuative stem
務め
tsutome
assuming a role
Causative stem
務めさせる
tsutomesaseru
allow to assume a role
私/俺
Imperfective stem
務め
tsutome
assume a role

Examples of 務める

上院外交委員を 10年間 務め 南米への外交活動を... 海外で私達の利益を代表する―

...has served 10 years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made numerous diplomatic missions to South America... place our faith in her, knowing that we have a responsible, experienced, brilliant woman representing our interests abroad.