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JAPANESE VERB

おちこむ

落ち込む

to feel down

  • #222 most used
  • Godan verb (u-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI feel down
NegativeI don’t feel down

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI felt down
NegativeI didn’t feel down

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formfeeling down, and…
Doing now (て います)I am feeling down
Please (て ください)please feel down

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can feel down
NegativeI can’t feel down

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to feel down
NegativeI don’t want to feel down

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s feel down

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I feel down
  2. If, when (たら) if I feel down

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) feel down (do it)
  2. Plain command feel down!
  3. Please don’t please don’t feel down

Passive and causative

受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am felt down
CausativeI make someone feel down

How to use おちこむ

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present and future

    しっぱい して も、 あまり おちこみません。

    Even when I fail, I don't get too down.

  2. Past

    しあい に まけて、 すごく おちこんだ。

    We lost the match and I was really down.

  3. Te-form

    ベン は ふられて から、 ずっと おちこんで います。

    Ben has been down ever since he was dumped.

  4. Potential

    いつまでも おちこんで は いられません。

    I can't stay down for ever.

  5. Want to

    おちこみたくない から、 ともだち と でかけた。

    I didn't want to mope, so I went out with friends.

  6. Volitional

    おちこんで いないで、 のみ に いこう。

    Stop moping and let's go for a drink.

  7. Conditional

    おちこんだら、 あまい もの を たべます。

    When I feel down, I eat something sweet.

  8. Commands and requests

    そんな に おちこまないで。 つぎ が ある よ。

    Don't be so down. There's a next time.

  9. Passive and causative

    ちいさな ミス が、 ベン を ひどく おちこませました。

    A small mistake got Ben badly down.

Good to know

  • おちこんで いる, not おちこむ, is how you say someone is down right now.
  • Nobody chooses to feel down, so the potential, volitional and passive sentences show おちこむ beside another verb or in the causative.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).