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Conjugation of Japanese verb 食べる - eat - taberu

ichidan verb

    Variant

    Stem

    Conjugation

    食べ

    Reading

    たべ
    tabe

    Meaning

    eat

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    食べる

    Reading

    たべる
    taberu

    Meaning

    to eat / does eat / will eat

    Variant

    Negative

    Conjugation

    食べない

    Reading

    たべない
    tabenai

    Meaning

    to not eat / does not eat / will not eat

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    食べます

    Reading

    たべます
    tabemasu

    Meaning

    to eat / does eat / will eat

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    食べません

    Reading

    たべません
    tabemasen

    Meaning

    to not eat / does not eat / will not eat

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    食べた

    Reading

    たべた
    tabeta

    Meaning

    did eat

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    食べなかった

    Reading

    たべなかった
    tabenakatta

    Meaning

    did not eat

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    食べました

    Reading

    たべました
    tabemashita

    Meaning

    did eat

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    食べませんでした

    Reading

    たべませんでした
    tabemasendeshita

    Meaning

    did not eat

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    食べて

    Reading

    たべて
    tabete

    Meaning

    eat, and...

    Variant

    Negative I

    Conjugation

    食べないで

    Reading

    たべないで
    tabenaide

    Meaning

    not eat, and...

    Variant

    Negative II

    Conjugation

    食べなくて

    Reading

    たべなくて
    tabenakute

    Meaning

    not eat, and...

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    食べまして

    Reading

    たべまして
    tabemashite

    Meaning

    eat, and...

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    食べませんで

    Reading

    たべませんで
    tabemasende

    Meaning

    not eat, and...

    Variant

    Abrupt I

    Conjugation

    食べろ

    Reading

    たべろ
    tabero

    Meaning

    eat!

    Variant

    Abrupt II

    Conjugation

    食べよ

    Reading

    たべよ
    tabeyo

    Meaning

    eat! (classical / literary)

    Variant

    Abrupt Negative

    Conjugation

    食べるな

    Reading

    たべるな
    taberuna

    Meaning

    do not eat!

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    食べなさい

    Reading

    たべなさい
    tabenasai

    Meaning

    eat!

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    食べなさるな

    Reading

    たべなさるな
    tabenasaruna

    Meaning

    do not eat!

    Variant

    Polite I

    Conjugation

    食べてください

    Reading

    たべてください
    tabetekudasai

    Meaning

    please eat

    Variant

    Polite II

    Conjugation

    お食べください

    Reading

    おたべください
    otabekudasai

    Meaning

    kindly eat

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    食べないでください

    Reading

    たべないでください
    tabenaidekudasai

    Meaning

    please do not eat

    Variant

    Honorific

    Conjugation

    お食べなさいませ

    Reading

    おたべなさいませ
    otabenasaimase

    Meaning

    please eat

    Variant

    Honorific Negative

    Conjugation

    お食べなさいますな

    Reading

    おたべなさいますな
    otabenasaimasuna

    Meaning

    please do not eat

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    食べている

    Reading

    たべている
    tabeteiru

    Meaning

    is doing eat / is eat(ing)

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    食べています

    Reading

    たべています
    tabeteimasu

    Meaning

    is doing eat / is eat(ing)

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    食べていません

    Reading

    たべていません
    tabeteimasen

    Meaning

    is not doing eat / is not eat(ing)

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    食べていた

    Reading

    たべていた
    tabeteita

    Meaning

    was doing eat / was eat(ing)

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    食べていました

    Reading

    たべていました
    tabeteimashita

    Meaning

    was doing eat / was eat(ing)

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    食べていませんでした

    Reading

    たべていませんでした
    tabeteimasendeshita

    Meaning

    was not doing eat / was not eat(ing)

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    食べよう

    Reading

    たべよう
    tabeyou

    Meaning

    let's eat / will eat

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    食べまい

    Reading

    たべまい
    tabemai

    Meaning

    let's not eat / will not eat

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    食べましょう

    Reading

    たべましょう
    tabemashou

    Meaning

    let's eat / will eat

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    食べますまい

    Reading

    たべますまい
    tabemasumai

    Meaning

    let's not eat / will not eat

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    食べるだろう

    Reading

    たべるだろう
    taberudarou

    Meaning

    will probably eat

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    食べないだろう

    Reading

    たべないだろう
    tabenaidarou

    Meaning

    will probably not eat

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    食べるでしょう

    Reading

    たべるでしょう
    taberudeshou

    Meaning

    will probably eat

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    食べないでしょう

    Reading

    たべないでしょう
    tabenaideshou

    Meaning

    will probably not eat

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    食べただろう

    Reading

    たべただろう
    tabetadarou

    Meaning

    probably did eat

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    食べなかっただろう

    Reading

    たべなかっただろう
    tabenakattadarou

    Meaning

    probably did not eat

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    食べたでしょう

    Reading

    たべたでしょう
    tabetadeshou

    Meaning

    probably did eat

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    食べなかったでしょう

    Reading

    たべなかったでしょう
    tabenakattadeshou

    Meaning

    probably did not eat

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    食べれば

    Reading

    たべれば
    tabereba

    Meaning

    if (someone) does eat

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    食べなければ

    Reading

    たべなければ
    tabenakereba

    Meaning

    if (someone) does not eat

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    食べたら

    Reading

    たべたら
    tabetara

    Meaning

    if/when (someone) did eat

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    食べなかったら

    Reading

    たべなかったら
    tabenakattara

    Meaning

    if (someone) did not eat

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    食べましたら

    Reading

    たべましたら
    tabemashitara

    Meaning

    if/when (someone) did eat

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    食べませんでしたら

    Reading

    たべませんでしたら
    tabemasendeshitara

    Meaning

    if (someone) did not eat

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    食べられる

    Reading

    たべられる
    taberareru

    Meaning

    can eat

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    食べられない

    Reading

    たべられない
    taberarenai

    Meaning

    cannot eat

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    食べられます

    Reading

    たべられます
    taberaremasu

    Meaning

    can eat

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    食べられません

    Reading

    たべられません
    taberaremasen

    Meaning

    cannot eat

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    食べさせる

    Reading

    たべさせる
    tabesaseru

    Meaning

    make/let (someone) eat

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    食べさせない

    Reading

    たべさせない
    tabesasenai

    Meaning

    do not make/let (someone) eat

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    食べさせます

    Reading

    たべさせます
    tabesasemasu

    Meaning

    make/let (someone) eat

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    食べさせません

    Reading

    たべさせません
    tabesasemasen

    Meaning

    do not make/let (someone) eat

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    食べられる

    Reading

    たべられる
    taberareru

    Meaning

    be eat

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    食べられない

    Reading

    たべられない
    taberarenai

    Meaning

    not be eat

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    食べられます

    Reading

    たべられます
    taberaremasu

    Meaning

    be eat

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    食べられません

    Reading

    たべられません
    taberaremasen

    Meaning

    not be eat

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    食べたり

    Reading

    たべたり
    tabetari

    Meaning

    did things like eat

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    食べなかったり

    Reading

    たべなかったり
    tabenakattari

    Meaning

    did not do things like eat

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    食べましたり

    Reading

    たべましたり
    tabemashitari

    Meaning

    did things like eat

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    食べませんでしたり

    Reading

    たべませんでしたり
    tabemasendeshitari

    Meaning

    did not do things like eat

    Variant

    Present Indicative

    Conjugation

    食べたい

    Reading

    たべたい
    tabetai

    Meaning

    want to eat

    Variant

    Present Negative

    Conjugation

    食べたくない

    Reading

    たべたくない
    tabetakunai

    Meaning

    do not want to eat

    Variant

    Past Indicative

    Conjugation

    食べたかった

    Reading

    たべたかった
    tabetakatta

    Meaning

    wanted to eat

    Variant

    Past Negative

    Conjugation

    食べたくなかった

    Reading

    たべたくなかった
    tabetakunakatta

    Meaning

    did not want to eat

    Variant

    Te-form

    Conjugation

    食べたくて

    Reading

    たべたくて
    tabetakute

    Meaning

    want to eat, and...

    Variant

    Negative Te-form

    Conjugation

    食べたくなくて

    Reading

    たべたくなくて
    tabetakunakute

    Meaning

    do not want to eat, and...

    Variant

    Adverbial

    Conjugation

    食べたく

    Reading

    たべたく
    tabetaku

    Meaning

    in a way of wanting to eat

    Variant

    Provisional

    Conjugation

    食べたければ

    Reading

    たべたければ
    tabetakereba

    Meaning

    if (someone) wants to eat

    Variant

    Provisional Negative

    Conjugation

    食べたくなければ

    Reading

    たべたくなければ
    tabetakunakereba

    Meaning

    if (someone) does not want to eat

    Variant

    Conditional

    Conjugation

    食べたかったら

    Reading

    たべたかったら
    tabetakattara

    Meaning

    if (someone) wanted to eat

    Variant

    Conditional Negative

    Conjugation

    食べたくなかったら

    Reading

    たべたくなかったら
    tabetakunakattara

    Meaning

    if (someone) did not want to eat

    Variant

    Nominal / Objective

    Conjugation

    食べたさ

    Reading

    たべたさ
    tabetasa

    Meaning

    the desire to eat

Word Detail

    word

    食べる

    Meaning

    Eat

Kanji in this Verb

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Eat, Food

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