godan verb (v5m, vt) · N5
飲むnomu
to drink
- to swallow
- to takemedicine
- to smoketobacco
Remember it
Connect the sound to "no moo". Picture a cow silently drinking in a scene for "to drink" so the sound points straight back to the meaning.
Forms
Non-past affirmative | Past affirmative | Non-past negative | Past negative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Informal plain form | 飲む | 飲んだ | 飲まない | 飲まなかった |
Formal -masu base | 飲みます | 飲みました | 飲みません | 飲みませんでした |
te-form
飲んで
connector — “… and then”
Godan verb — the final kana shifts depending on the form.
Learning status
learning
Recognition2 / 5
Recall2 / 5
Reading2 / 5