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Japanese

べる

たべる
Meaning: to eat
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Verb inflections
Form Affirmative Negative
Present 食べる 食べない
Polite 食べます 食べません
Past 食べた 食べなかった
Polite + Past 食べました 食べませんでした
Te-form 食べて 食べなくて
Potential 食べられる 食べられない
Passive 食べられる 食べられない
Causative 食べさせる 食べさせない
Imperative 食べろ 食べるな

Example sentences

毎日母の料理を食べるのが好きだ
I enjoy eating my mother's cooking every day.
朝食を食べてそして仕事に行った
I ate breakfast and then went to work.
健康のために、毎日野菜を食べるようにしています。
I make an effort to eat vegetables every day for my health.
お腹が空いたんで、何か食べよう。
I'm hungry, so let's eat something.
ご飯を食べたあとで、薬を飲んでください。
Please take the medicine after eating a meal.

Usage Notes

Polite form of 'to eat'. More refined than 食う (kuu). Use in polite contexts. For very formal situations, use いただく or 召し上がる.

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