How To Conjugate The Japanese Verb: 'To Eat'
Written byIchika Yamamoto
In this lesson, we'll cover the conjugation of the Japanese verb taberu - to eat 食べる.
Conjugation of Japanese verb staberu - to eat 食べる | |
|---|---|
| Verb Class | The basic form of Group 2 verbs end with either " |
| Stem | tabe - |
| Te form | tabete |
| Infinitive | tabe |
| Positive | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanji | Katakana/Hiragana | Romaji | ||
| Present Indicative | Plain | 食べる | たべる | taberu |
| Polite | 食べます | たべます | tabemasu | |
| Presumptive | Plain | 食べる だろう | たべる だろう | tabeyō taberu darō |
| Polite | 食べる でしょう | たべる でしょう | tabemashō taberu deshō | |
| Imperative | Plain | 食べろ | たべろ | tabero |
| Polite | 食べて下さい | たべて ください | tabete kudasai | |
| Past Indicative | Plain | たべた | tabeta | |
| Polite | 食べました | たべました | tabemashita | |
| Past Presumptive | Plain | たべた だろう | tabetarō tabeta darō | |
| Polite | たべた でしょう | tabeta deshō | ||
| Present Progressive | Plain | 食べている | たべて いる | tabete iru |
| Polite | 食べています | たべて います | tabete imasu | |
| Past Progressive | Plain | 食べていた | たべて いた | tabete ita |
| Polite | たべて いました | tabete imashita | ||
| Provisional | Plain | たべれば | tabereba | |
| Polite | たべませば | tabemaseba tabemasureba | ||
| Conditional | Plain | 食べたら | たべたら | tabetara |
| Polite | 食べました | たべましたら | tabemashitara | |
| Potential | Plain | たべられる | taberareru | |
| Polite | 食べられます | たべられます | taberaremasu | |
| Causative | Plain | 食べさせる | たべさせる | tabesaseru |
| Polite | たべさせます | tabesasemasu | ||
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