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JAPANESE VERB

あじみ する

味見 する

to taste food while cooking

  • #426 most used
  • する verb

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI taste food while cooking
NegativeI don’t taste food while cooking

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI tasted food while cooking
NegativeI didn’t taste food while cooking

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formtasting food while cooking, and…
Doing now (て います)I am tasting food while cooking
Please (て ください)please taste food while cooking

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can taste food while cooking
NegativeI can’t taste food while cooking

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to taste food while cooking
NegativeI don’t want to taste food while cooking

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s taste food while cooking

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I taste food while cooking
  2. If, when (たら) if I taste food while cooking

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) taste food while cooking (do it)
  2. Plain command taste food while cooking!
  3. Please don’t please don’t taste food while cooking

Passive and causative

受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am tasted food while cooking
CausativeI make someone taste food while cooking

How to use あじみ する

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present and future

    りょうり の とちゅう で いつも あじみ します。

    I always taste while I'm cooking.

  2. Past

    スープ を あじみ した。 ちょうど いい。

    I tasted the soup. It's just right.

  3. Te-form

    ちょっと あじみ して ください。

    Have a little taste, please.

  4. Potential

    あつすぎて、 まだ あじみ できません。

    It's too hot, I can't taste it yet.

  5. Want to

    その カレー、 あじみ したい。

    I want to try that curry.

  6. Volitional

    しお を いれる まえ に、 あじみ しましょう。

    Before adding salt, let's taste it.

  7. Conditional

    あじみ すれば、 しお が たりる か わかります。

    If you taste it, you'll know if there's enough salt.

  8. Commands and requests

    だす まえ に かならず あじみ しなさい。

    Always taste it before you serve it.

  9. Passive and causative

    いもうと に スープ を あじみ させました。

    I had my little sister taste the soup.

Where you hear あじみ する

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Japanese · Beginner Level 2

  • カレー を あじみ します。 I taste the curry.
  • きのう、 カレー を あじみ しました。 I tasted the curry yesterday.
  • あとで あじみ します。 I'll taste it later.

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