JAPANESE VERB

つつむ

包む

to wrap

Conjugation

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Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI wrap
NegativeI don’t wrap

finished actions

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI wrapped
NegativeI didn’t wrap

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

可能形 · “can”

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI can wrap
NegativeI can’t wrap

たい形 · “want to”

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

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form	Polite	Plain
Let’slet’s wrap

条件形 · “if” and “when”

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Form	Polite	Plain
PassiveI am wrapped
CausativeI make someone wrap

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

Present and future

このみせはきれいなかみで つつみます。

This shop wraps things in pretty paper.
Past

おにぎりをのりで つつみました。

I wrapped the rice balls in seaweed.
Te-form

プレゼントように つつんで ください。

Please gift-wrap it.
Potential

このかみで つつめます か。

Can you wrap it in this paper?
Want to

じぶんできれいに つつみたい です。

I want to wrap it nicely myself.
Volitional

おべんとうはふろしきで つつもう。

Let's wrap the lunch box in a furoshiki cloth.
Conditional

あかいかみで つつめば、おいわいらしくなります。

If you wrap it in red paper, it looks festive.
Commands and requests

こわれないように、ていねいに つつみなさい。

Wrap it carefully so it doesn't break.
Passive and causative

プレゼントはきれいなリボンでつつまれていました。

The present was wrapped with a pretty ribbon.

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Beginner Level 1 · つつんで · つつんでください。 · つつみましょうか

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