Meanings
- 1to eatru-verbtransitive
- 2to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist onru-verbtransitive
JMdict 1358280
Conjugation
| Form | Conjugated | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Polite Present (~masu) | 食べますたべます | たべます |
| Polite Past (~mashita) | 食べましたたべました | たべました |
| Polite Negative (~masen) | 食べませんたべません | たべません |
| Plain Negative (~nai) | 食べないたべない | たべない |
| Te-form (Connecting) | 食べてたべて | たべて |
| Plain Past (~ta) | 食べたたべた | たべた |
| Potential (Can do) | 食べられるたべられる | たべられる |
In a sentence
I'm going to eat breakfast!
How it works
を (object) marks 朝ごはん (breakfast) as the thing being eaten, and it sits before the verb 食べる (eat) — Japanese puts the verb last. The verb stays in its plain dictionary form, so this sounds casual. The final よ (you know) adds a light push, like telling someone “I'm going to eat breakfast, just so you know.”