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棲む

to do

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Conjugation of 棲む

This verb follows the godan conjugation pattern.
私/俺
Present informal tense
棲む
sumu
I do
Present informal negative tense
棲まない
sumanai
I don't do
Present formal tense
棲みます
sumimasu
I do
Present formal negative tense
棲みません
sen
I do not do
私/俺
Past informal tense
棲んだ
sunda
I did
Past informal negative tense
棲まなかった
sumanakatta
I didn't do
Past formal tense
棲みました
shita
I do
Past formal negative tense
棲みませんでした
sen deshita
I did not do
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
棲め
sume
do
Imperative negative mood
棲むな
sumu na
don't do
Imperative formal mood
棲んでください
sunde kudasai
please do
Imperative formal negative mood
棲まないでください
sumanai dekudasai
please do not do
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
棲んで
sunde
do
Passive stem
棲まれる
sumareru
did
Hypothetical tense
棲め
sume
if I did
Hypothetical conditional stem
棲めば
sumeba
did
私/俺
Volitional stem
棲もう
sumō
will do
Potential stem
棲める
sumeru
did
Continuative stem
棲み
sumi
doing
Causative stem
棲ませる
sumaseru
allow to do
私/俺
Imperfective stem
棲ま
suma
do

Examples of 棲む

すまない 色んなとこ探したけど...

I thought I looked everywhere for you. Hey, it's not your fault.

そう　すまない　忘れてた

You're right. I'm sorry. I forgot.

すまない

I promise. I promise. I'm sorry.

いや　すまない　さっきのは　嘘だ

Great, yeah. Just moving with the wind. No, I'm sorry.

すまない...

I'm so sorry.

わし等は悪魔を・ すんだ

We destroy demons.

気は　すんだ？

So are we good?

おや... すみ

Good... night.

すま...

Sorry.