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しゃべる

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See also: シャベル

Japanese

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Alternative spelling
喋る

Etymology

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Unknown.

Possible analyses include:

Listed in the Nippo Jisho of 1603.[1] Earliest appearance may be in the early 1300s during the Kamakura period.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 喋る
Plain 喋る しゃ [shàbéꜜrù]
Conjunctive 喋って しゃって [shàbéꜜttè]
Perfective 喋った しゃった [shàbéꜜttà]
Negative 喋らない しゃべらない [shàbéráꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 喋らなかった しゃべらなかった [shàbéráꜜnàkàttà]
Hypothetical conditional 喋れば しゃれば [shàbéꜜrèbà]
Past conditional 喋ったら しゃったら [shàbéꜜttàrà]
Imperative 喋れ しゃ [shàbéꜜrè]
Volitional 喋ろう しゃべろ [shàbéróꜜò]
Desiderative 喋りたい しゃべりた [shàbérítáꜜì]
Formal 喋ります しゃべりま [shàbérímáꜜsù]
Formal negative 喋りません しゃべりませ [shàbérímáséꜜǹ]
Formal volitional 喋りましょう しゃべりましょ [shàbérímáshóꜜò]
Formal perfective 喋りました しゃべりました [shàbérímáꜜshìtà]
Continuative 喋り
喋りに
しゃ
しゃりに
[shàbéꜜrì]
[shàbéꜜrì nì]
Negative continuative 喋らず
喋らずに
しゃべら
しゃべらずに
[shàbéráꜜzù]
[shàbéráꜜzù nì]
Passive 喋られる しゃべられ [shàbéráréꜜrù]
Causative 喋らせる
喋らす
しゃべらせ
しゃべら
[shàbéráséꜜrù]
[shàbéráꜜsù]
Potential 喋れる しゃべれ [shàbéréꜜrù]

Verb

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しゃべる (shaberugodan (stem しゃべり (shaberi), past しゃべった (shabetta))

  1. to talk, to speak, to chat, to chatter
    (わたし)()(ほん)()(しゃべ)ことができる
    Watashi wa Nihongo o shaberu koto ga dekiru.
    I can speak Japanese.
    (かれ)()()(かん)()(つづ)(しゃべ)った
    Kare wa ni jikan tate tsuzuke ni shabetta.
    He rattled on for two hours on end.
  2. to let secrets out
    このことめった(しゃべ)ってもらって(こま)
    Kono koto wa metta ni shabette moratte wa komaru yo.
    Be sure to keep your mouth shut about this.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of "しゃべる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") しゃべら shabera
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") しゃべり shaberi
Shūshikei ("terminal") しゃべる shaberu
Rentaikei ("attributive") しゃべる shaberu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") しゃべれ shabere
Meireikei ("imperative") しゃべれ shabere
Key constructions
Passive しゃべられる shaberareru
Causative しゃべらせる
しゃべらす
shaberaseru
shaberasu
Potential しゃべれる shabereru
Volitional しゃべろう shaberō
Negative しゃべらない shaberanai
Negative continuative しゃべらず shaberazu
Formal しゃべります shaberimasu
Perfective しゃべった shabetta
Conjunctive しゃべって shabette
Hypothetical conditional しゃべれば shabereba

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Ishizuka, Harumichi (1976 [1603]), 日葡辞書: パリ本 [Nippo Jisho: Paris edition / Vocabulary of the Language of Japan]‎[1] (overall work in Japanese and Portuguese), Tōkyō: Bensei Publishing, text here, right-hand column.
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN