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JAPANESE VERB

うむ

産む

to give birth

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

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI give birth
NegativeI don’t give birth

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI gave birth
NegativeI didn’t give birth

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formgiving birth, and…
Doing now (て います)I am giving birth
Please (て ください)please give birth

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can give birth
NegativeI can’t give birth

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to give birth
NegativeI don’t want to give birth

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s give birth

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am given birth
CausativeI make someone give birth

How to use うむ

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

  1. Present and future

    いもうと は らいげつ、 あかちゃん を うみます。

    My sister is having her baby next month.

  2. Past

    つま は げんき な おとこ の こ を うんだ。

    My wife gave birth to a healthy boy.

  3. Te-form

    ねこ が こねこ を ごひき うんで、 おおさわぎ です。

    The cat had five kittens and it's chaos.

  4. Potential

    この びょういん で は、 あんしん して うめます。

    At this hospital you can give birth with peace of mind.

  5. Want to

    こども を ふたり うみたい。

    I want to have two children.

  6. Volitional

    こども を うもう か どう か、 ふたり で はなしあった。

    We talked over together whether to have a child.

  7. Conditional

    こども を うんだら、 しごと は どう しよう。

    If I have a baby, what do I do about work?

  8. Commands and requests

    はやく まご を うみなさい と、 はは は うるさい。

    My mother keeps nagging me to hurry up and give her grandchildren.

  9. Passive and causative

    わたし は おおゆき の あさ に うまれました。

    I was born on a morning of heavy snow.

Good to know

  • うまれる, "to be born", is the verb you'll hear more: とうきょう で うまれました.
  • うまれる is the passive of うむ, so the passive sentence is about being born.

Verbs like this one

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