食べる
たべる
to eat
Taberu (食べる) is an ichidan verb meaning "to eat". Its polite form is 食べます (tabemasu), its te form is 食べて (tabete), its past form is 食べた (tabeta), and its negative form is 食べない (tabenai).
Ichidan verbJLPT N5
Taberu (食べる) conjugation quick reference
食べる means "to eat". Its main forms are listed below, with links to the grammar pattern behind each form.
Taberu example sentences
パンをたべます。
I eat bread.
きのう、すしをたべました。
I ate sushi yesterday.
さかなをたべません。
I don’t eat fish.
How to use Taberu: grammar notes
•Use を after the food you're eating, like in パンを食べる (I eat bread) — don't forget を marks what you're eating.
•To say when you eat, use に with time words, like 7時に食べる (I eat at 7 o'clock) — don’t say 7時を食べる, that’s incorrect.
•Want to eat? Say 食べたい, like 寿司を食べたい (I want to eat sushi) — just don't confuse it with 食べます, which simply means "eat," not "want to eat."
•JLPT N5 level
Common phrases with Taberu
ごはんを食べる
to eat a meal / to eat rice
朝ごはんを食べた？
Did you eat breakfast?
何か食べたい
I want to eat something
Taberu (食べる) conjugation table
| Form | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Forms | ||
| Dictionary Form | 食べる | taberu |
| Masu Form | 食べます | tabemasu |
| Te Form | 食べて | tabete |
| Past Form | 食べた | tabeta |
| Negative Form | 食べない | tabenai |
| Past Negative | 食べなかった | tabenakatta |
| Polite Forms | ||
| Polite Present | 食べます | tabemasu |
| Polite Past | 食べました | tabemashita |
| Polite Negative | 食べません | tabemasen |
| Polite Past Negative | 食べませんでした | tabemasendeshita |
| Advanced Forms | ||
| Potential Form | 食べられる | taberareru |
| Passive Form | 食べられる | taberareru |
| Causative Form | 食べさせる | tabesaseru |
| Causative Passive | 食べさせられる | tabesaserareru |
| Volitional Form | 食べよう | tabeyou |
| Imperative Form | 食べろ | tabero |
| Conditional Forms | ||
| Conditional (ば) | 食べれば | tabereba |
| Conditional (たら) | 食べたら | tabetara |
| Other Forms | ||
| Progressive Form | 食べている | tabeteiru |
| Desire (たい) | 食べたい | tabetai |
| Prohibition | 食べるな | taberuna |