飲む
のむ
to drink
Godan verbJLPT N5
Example Sentences
毎日 みずを 飲みます。
I drink water every day.
きのう コーヒーを 飲みました。
I drank coffee yesterday.
ジュースを 飲みません。
I don’t drink juice.
Grammar Notes & Usage Tips
•Use を after the thing being drunk: コーヒーを飲む means "drink coffee" — don't forget を!
•To say when or where you drink, use に or で: 朝に水を飲む (drink water in the morning), カフェでお茶を飲む (drink tea at a café).
•Don't use が before the drink — が marks the subject, but with 飲む, the drink is the object, so use を instead.
•JLPT N5 level
Common Phrases & Expressions
水を飲む
to drink water
薬を飲む
to take (swallow) medicine
お酒を飲む
to drink alcohol
Complete Conjugation Table
Basic Forms
Dictionary Form
飲む
Masu Form
飲みます
Te Form
飲んで
Past Form
飲んだ
Negative Form
飲まない
Past Negative
飲まなかった
Polite Forms
Polite Present
飲みます
Polite Past
飲みました
Polite Negative
飲みません
Polite Past Negative
飲みませんでした
Advanced Forms
Potential Form
飲める
Passive Form
飲まれる
Causative Form
飲ませる
Causative Passive
飲まされる
Volitional Form
飲もう
Imperative Form
飲め
Conditional Forms
Conditional (ば)
飲めば
Conditional (たら)
飲んだら
Other Forms
Progressive Form
飲んでいる
Desire (たい)
飲みたい
Prohibition
飲むな