食べる

たべるtaberu

eat

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 過ぎる, つける, 入れる

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The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmative食べますたべますtabemasu
    2. negative食べませんたべませんtabemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmative食べましたたべましたtabemashita
    2. negative食べませんでしたたべませんでしたtabemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. 食べてたべてtabete
    2. request食べてくださいたべてくださいtabete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 食べましょうたべましょうtabemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmative食べたいたべたいtabetai
    2. negative食べたくないたべたくないtabetakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · Potential · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (6)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmative食べるたべるtaberu
    2. negative食べないたべないtabenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmative食べたたべたtabeta
    2. negative食べなかったたべなかったtabenakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plain食べているたべているtabete iru
    2. polite食べていますたべていますtabete imasu

  4. Potential

    What you can do. Its object often takes が: 日本語が話せる.

    1. plain食べられるたべられるtaberareru
    2. polite食べられますたべられますtaberaremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. 食べたらたべたらtabetara

  6. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plain食べられるたべられるtaberareru
    2. polite食べられますたべられますtaberaremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passive · Respect and modestyAlso show the Intermediate forms (6)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. 食べようたべようtabeyō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. order食べろたべろtabero
    2. ban食べるなたべるなtaberu na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmative食べればたべればtabereba
    2. negative食べなければたべなければtabenakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plain食べさせるたべさせるtabesaseru
    2. polite食べさせますたべさせますtabesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plain食べさせられるたべさせられるtabesaserareru
    2. polite食べさせられますたべさせられますtabesaseraremasu

  6. Respect and modesty

    The verbs that replace this one: respect for what others do, modesty for what you do yourself.

    1. respect召し上がりますめしあがりますmeshiagarimasu
    2. modestyいただきますitadakimasu