| Verb Conjugations | |
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| taberu (to eat): Group 2 | |
| Informal
Present (Dictionary Form) |
taberu 食べる |
| Formal
Present (~ masu Form) |
tabemasu 食べます |
| Informal Past (~ ta Form) |
tabeta 食べた |
| Formal Past | tabemashita 食べました |
| Informal Negative (~ nai Form) |
tabenai 食べない |
| Formal Negative | tabemasen 食べません |
| Informal Past Negative | tabenakatta 食べなかった |
| Formal Past Negative | tabemasen
deshita 食べませんでした |
| ~ te Form | tabete 食べて |
| Conditional | tabereba 食べれば |
| Volitional | tabeyou 食べよう |
| Passive | taberareru 食べられる |
| Causative | tabesaseru 食べさせる |
| Potential | taberareru 食べられる |
| Imperative (Command) |
tabero 食べろ |
Examples
| Kyou
asagohan o tabenakatta. 今日朝ご飯を食べなかった。 |
I didn't have breakfast today. |
| Kangofu wa
byounin ni ringo o tabesaseta. 看護婦は病人にりんごを食べさせた。 |
The nurse fed
an apple to the patient. |
| Sore,
taberareru no? それ、食べられるの? |
Can you eat this? |

