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JAPANESE VERB

アルバイト する

to work part-time

  • #321 most used
  • する verb

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI work part-time
NegativeI don’t work part-time

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI worked part-time
NegativeI didn’t work part-time

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formworking part-time, and…
Doing now (て います)I am working part-time
Please (て ください)please work part-time

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can work part-time
NegativeI can’t work part-time

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to work part-time
NegativeI don’t want to work part-time

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s work part-time

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I work part-time
  2. If, when (たら) if I work part-time

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) work part-time (do it)
  2. Plain command work part-time!
  3. Please don’t please don’t work part-time

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am worked part-time
CausativeI make someone work part-time

How to use アルバイト する

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

  1. Present and future

    だいがくせい は たいてい アルバイト します。

    University students usually work part-time.

  2. Past

    こうこうせい の とき、 コンビニ で アルバイト した。

    When I was in high school, I worked part-time at a convenience store.

  3. Te-form

    むすこ は カフェ で アルバイト して います。

    My son works part-time at a café.

  4. Potential

    りゅうがくせい は しゅう に にじゅうはちじかん まで アルバイト できます。

    Exchange students can work up to twenty-eight hours a week.

  5. Want to

    なつやすみ に うみ の いえ で アルバイト したい。

    In the summer holidays I want to work at a beach hut.

  6. Volitional

    りょこう の おかね を ためる ため に、 アルバイト しよう。

    Let's work part-time to save money for the trip.

  7. Conditional

    アルバイト すれば、 じぶん で スマホ が かえる よ。

    If you get a part-time job, you can buy a phone yourself.

  8. Commands and requests

    あそんで ばかり いないで、 アルバイト しなさい。

    Stop just playing around and get a part-time job.

  9. Passive and causative

    ちち は わたし に おじ の みせ で アルバイト させた。

    My father had me work part-time at my uncle's shop.

Good to know

  • アルバイト, or just バイト, is a part-time job, from the German word for work; a housewife's part-time job is パート.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: する verb.