食べる
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[edit] Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
| 食 |
[edit] Etymology
From earlier consonant stem tab-; became vowel stem tabe- when the conclusive was overtaken by the attributive form which ultimately resulted in the shift from lower bigrade to lower monograde conjugation class. From tab- (“receive”).
[edit] Verb
食べる (ichidan conjugation, hiragana たべる, romaji taberu)
- (humble) to eat or drink
- 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 594)
- Tabe, uru, eta. タベ, ブル, ベタ (食べ, ぶる, べた) 食う, または, 飲む.
- 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 594)
- to eat
- 今日は、寿司を食べに銀座に行きます。
- I'll go to Ginza today to eat sushi.
- 箸で食べます。
- I eat with chopsticks.
- 今日は、寿司を食べに銀座に行きます。
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Conjugation
Conjugation of "食べる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | Imperfective (未然形) | 食べ | たべ | tabe |
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| Continuative (連用形) | 食べ | たべ | tabe | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 食べる | たべる | taberu | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 食べる | たべる | taberu | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 食べれ | たべれ | tabere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 食べよ¹ 食べろ² |
たべよ¹ たべろ² |
tabeyo¹ tabero² |
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| Key constructions | Passive | 食べられる | たべられる | taberareru |
| Causative | 食べさせる 食べさす |
たべさせる たべさす |
tabesaseru tabesasu |
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| Potential | 食べられる 食べれる³ |
たべられる たべれる³ |
taberareru tabereru³ |
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| Volitional | 食べよう | たべよう | tabeyō | |
| Negative | 食べない 食べぬ 食べん |
たべない たべぬ たべん |
tabenai tabenu taben |
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| Negative continuative | 食べず | たべず | tabezu | |
| Formal | 食べます | たべます | tabemasu | |
| Perfective | 食べた | たべた | tabeta | |
| Conjunctive | 食べて | たべて | tabete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 食べれば | たべれば | tabereba | |
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¹ Written imperative |
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[edit] References
- 1980 January 22 [1603–1604], Doi, Tadao, Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0008-0021-3:
