Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI cloud over | ||
| NegativeI don’t cloud over |
Conjugation
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Past
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI clouded over | ||
| NegativeI didn’t cloud over |
Te-form
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formclouding over, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am clouding over | ||
| Please (て ください)please cloud over |
Potential
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can cloud over | ||
| NegativeI can’t cloud over |
Want to
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to cloud over | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to cloud over |
Volitional
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s cloud over |
Conditional
条件形 · “if” and “when”
- If (ば) if I cloud over
- If, when (たら) if I cloud over
Commands and requests
命令形 · from gentle to blunt
- Do it (なさい) cloud over (do it)
- Plain command cloud over!
- Please don’t please don’t cloud over
Passive and causative
受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| PassiveI am clouded over | ||
| CausativeI make someone cloud over |
How to use くもる
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present and future
てんきよほう では、 ごご から くもります。
According to the forecast, it clouds over from the afternoon.
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Past
ひる ごろ から きゅう に くもった。
It suddenly clouded over around noon.
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Te-form
きょう は あさ から くもって いる。
It's been cloudy since morning today.
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Potential
くもって いても、 ふじさん が みえます か。
Even if it's cloudy, can you see Mount Fuji?
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Want to
あした は くもって ほしくない な。
I hope it won't be cloudy tomorrow.
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Volitional
くもる まえ に、 せんたくもの を とりこもう。
Let's bring in the laundry before it clouds over.
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Conditional
くもったら、 ほし は みえません。
If it clouds over, you can't see the stars.
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Commands and requests
あした は うんどうかい だ。 くもらないで。
Tomorrow's sports day. Don't cloud over.
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Passive and causative
その しらせ は はは の かお を くもらせた。
The news clouded my mother's face.
Good to know
- くもり is the weather, "cloudy"; くもって いる is "it's cloudy right now". めがね が くもる is for glasses that fog up.
- かお を くもらせる is for a face that clouds over at bad news.
- The sky clouds over by itself, so the potential, want and volitional sentences show くもる beside another verb.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).