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食べる - To Eat

Pronounce: たべる ( taberu )
Usage: Very common
JLPT Level: N5
Vocab Class: This is a Verb . What is a Verb ?

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Verb Type (How to tell?): 食べる is a RU-Verb

Conjugating

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Present/future (Now doing or going to do): 食べます; 食べる
Past (Did): 食べました; 食べた
Progressive (Currently doing): 食べています; 食べている
Negative present/future (Currently not doing): 食べません; 食べない
Negative past (Was doing): 食べませんでした; 食べなかった
Command form (Have to do): 食べてください; 食べて
Negative command (Do not do): 食べないでください; 食べないで
Potential form (Can do): 食べられます; 食べられる
Want to..: 食べたいです; 食べたい
Don't want to..: 食べたくないです; 食べたくない
Let's..: 食べましょう; 食べよう
Passive form: 食べられます; 食べられる
Causative form: 食べさせます; 食べさせる

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Detailed meaning

The action of eating. This applies to any kind of food.

Sample sentences with 食べる

私は食べます: I'm eating
昨日にうどんを食べました: I ate udon yesterday
魚を食べたくないです: I don't want to eat fish
牛が牧場で草を食べている: Cows are eating grass in the meadow
男の子はパンを食べます: The boy eats bread
四時に広島で鶏肉が食べましょう: Let's eat chicken in hiroshima at four
野菜をたくさん食べなさい: Eat a lot of vegetables
その少年は箸で食べてみた: That boy tried eating with chopsticks
このお菓子を食べてもいいですか: May I eat this candy?
たくさん食べると太る: If you eat a lot, you will get fat

Kanji used in 食べる

食: eat

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