Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI study | ||
| NegativeI don’t study |
Conjugation
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Past
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI studied | ||
| NegativeI didn’t study |
Te-form
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formstudying, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am studying | ||
| Please (て ください)please study |
Potential
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can study | ||
| NegativeI can’t study |
Want to
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to study | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to study |
Volitional
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s study |
Conditional
条件形 · “if” and “when”
- If (ば) if I study
- If, when (たら) if I study
Commands and requests
命令形 · from gentle to blunt
- Do it (なさい) study (do it)
- Plain command study!
- Please don’t please don’t study
Passive and causative
受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| PassiveI am studied | ||
| CausativeI make someone study |
How to use べんきょう する
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present and future
まいばん にじかん にほんご を べんきょう します。
Every evening I study Japanese for two hours.
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Past
だいがく で けいざい を べんきょう しました。
I studied economics at university.
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Te-form
としょかん で べんきょう して います。
I'm studying at the library.
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Potential
しずか で、 よく べんきょう できます。
It's quiet, so I can study well.
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Want to
にほん の ぶんか を べんきょう したい です。
I want to study Japanese culture.
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Volitional
しけん の まえ に いっしょ に べんきょう しよう。
Let's study together before the exam.
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Conditional
まいにち べんきょう すれば、 じょうず に なります。
If you study every day, you'll get good.
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Commands and requests
テレビ を けして、 べんきょう しなさい。
Turn off the TV and study.
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Passive and causative
おや は こども に まいにち べんきょう させます。
The parents make the children study every day.
Good to know
- べんきょう に なりました, "I learned something", thanks someone for what they taught you.
Where you hear べんきょう する
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Japanese · Beginner Level 1
- にほんご を べんきょう します。 I study Japanese.
- きのう、 にほんご を べんきょう しました。 Yesterday I studied Japanese.
- あした も にほんご を べんきょう します。 Tomorrow I'll study Japanese too.
Japanese · Beginner Level 2
- まいにち にほんご を べんきょう します。 I study Japanese every day.
- きのう、 えいご を べんきょう しました。 Yesterday I studied English.
- あした は かんじ を べんきょう します。 Tomorrow I'll study kanji.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: する verb.