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JAPANESE VERB

つもる

積もる

to settle, to pile up, of snow

  • #405 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 settle
NegativeI don’t settle

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI settled
NegativeI didn’t settle

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formsettling, and…
Doing now (て います)I am settling
Please (て ください)please settle

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can settle
NegativeI can’t settle

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to settle
NegativeI don’t want to settle

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s settle

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am settled
CausativeI make someone settle

How to use つもる

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

  1. Present and future

    とうきょう で は ゆき は あまり つもりません。

    In Tokyo the snow doesn't settle much.

  2. Past

    ゆうべ、 にわ に ゆき が たくさん つもった。

    Last night a lot of snow piled up in the garden.

  3. Te-form

    やね に ゆき が つもって います。

    There's snow lying on the roof.

  4. Potential

    こんなに あたたかい と、 ゆき は つもれない ね。

    When it's this warm, the snow can't settle.

  5. Want to

    ゆき は もっと つもりたい みたい だ ね。

    The snow seems to want to pile up more.

  6. Volitional

    ゆき が どんどん つもろう と して います。

    The snow is about to pile up more and more.

  7. Conditional

    ゆき が つもったら、 ゆきだるま を つくろう。

    If the snow settles, let's make a snowman.

  8. Commands and requests

    ゆき よ、 もっと つもれ！

    Snow, pile up more!

  9. Passive and causative

    ゆき に つもられて、 でんしゃ が とまりました。

    The snow piled up on us and the trains stopped.

Good to know

  • Snow is the subject: ゆき が つもる. For the snow coming down, say ゆき が ふる.

Where you hear つもる

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Japanese · Beginner Level 3

  • ほっかいどう で は ゆき が たくさん つもります。 In Hokkaido, a lot of snow settles.
  • けさ、 ゆき が つもりました。 This morning, the snow settled.
  • こんばん も ゆき が つもります よ。 The snow will settle tonight too.
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Snow in Tokyo

Beginner Level 3 · つもりました

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