Japanese Verbs

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tabemasu

to eat

Romaji Kana Kanji
masu form affirmativetabemasu
masu form negativetabemasen
masu past affirmativetabemashita
masu past negativetabemasendeshita
root formtaberu
nai formtabenai
ta formtabeta
nakatta formtabenakatta
te formtabete
conditional (ba form)tabereba
potentialtaberareru
imperativetabero
volitionaltabeyoo
passivetaberareru
causativetabesaseru
causative passive 1tabesaserareru
causative passive 2-

Beginner 1 - Basic Structure

[ subject ] wa [ something ] o tabemasu
1.Watashi wa ban-gohan o tabemasu.
I (will) eat dinner.
2.Watashi wa niku o tabemasen.
I don't eat meat.
3.Watashi wa kinoo Karee o tabemashita.
I ate curry yesterday.
4.Watashi wa kinoo Ginza de Furansu ryoori o tabemashita.
I ate French food at Ginza yesterday.
5.Watashi wa kesa asa-gohan o tabemasendeshita.
I didn't eat breakfast this morning.

Beginner 2 - Functional Patterns

6.Watashi wa konban sakana o tabe-tai desu.
I want to eat fish tonight.
7.Susan-san wa Sukiyaki o tabeta koto ga arimasu.
Susan has eaten Sukiyaki before.
8.Smith-san wa Sashimi o taberaremasen.
Smith cannot eat Sashimi.
9.Yasai o takusan tabeta hoo ga ii desu.
You should eat a lot of vegetables.

Beginner 3 - Casual Speech

10.A:Keeki, taberu?
B:Uun, tabenai.
A:Would you like some cake? (lit. Are you going to eat some cake?)
B:No. I won't. (lit. I don't eat.)
11.A:Moo hiru-gohan o tabeta?
B:Un. Moo tabeta.
A:Have you had lunch, yet? (lit. Did you already eat lunch?)
B:Yes, I have. (lit. I already ate.)

The usage of each Functional Pattern is explained in the Essential Japanese Verbs.

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