Meanings
- 1to singu-verb (う)transitive
- 2to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)u-verb (う)transitive
JMdict 1588120
Conjugation
| Form | Conjugated | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Polite Present (~masu) | 歌いますうたいます | うたいます |
| Polite Past (~mashita) | 歌いましたうたいました | うたいました |
| Polite Negative (~masen) | 歌いませんうたいません | うたいません |
| Plain Negative (~nai) | 歌わないうたわない | うたわない |
| Te-form (Connecting) | 歌ってうたって | うたって |
| Plain Past (~ta) | 歌ったうたった | うたった |
| Potential (Can do) | 歌えるうたえる | うたえる |
In a sentence
You're good at singing!
How it works
To talk about an action as a thing, の (of) turns the verb 歌う (sing) into “singing”. Then が (subject) marks that as what someone is good at, and 上手 (good at) describes it, capped by the plain copula だ (is). The final ね (right?) softens it into a shared “…isn't it?”, like a warm compliment.