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JAPANESE VERB

えさ を やる

to feed, an animal

  • #412 most used
  • Godan verb (u-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI feed
NegativeI don’t feed

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI fed
NegativeI didn’t feed

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formfeeding, and…
Doing now (て います)I am feeding
Please (て ください)please feed

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can feed
NegativeI can’t feed

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to feed
NegativeI don’t want to feed

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s feed

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I feed
  2. If, when (たら) if I feed

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) feed (do it)
  2. Plain command feed!
  3. Please don’t please don’t feed

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am fed
CausativeI make someone feed

How to use えさ を やる

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

  1. Present and future

    まいあさ、 めだか に えさ を やる。

    Every morning I feed the medaka fish.

  2. Past

    こうえん で はと に えさ を やりました。

    I fed the pigeons in the park.

  3. Te-form

    りょこう の あいだ、 ねこ に えさ を やって くれる？

    Can you feed the cat while I'm away?

  4. Potential

    どうぶつえん で は ぞう に えさ を やれます。

    At the zoo you can feed the elephants.

  5. Want to

    なら で しか に えさ を やりたい。

    I want to feed the deer in Nara.

  6. Volitional

    そろそろ メープル に えさ を やろう。

    It's about time to feed Maple.

  7. Conditional

    さる に えさ を やれば、 ついて くる よ。

    If you feed the monkeys, they'll follow you.

  8. Commands and requests

    はと に えさ を やらないで ください。

    Please don't feed the pigeons.

  9. Passive and causative

    しいくいん は こども に うさぎ の えさ を やらせます。

    The keeper lets the kids feed the rabbits.

Good to know

  • えさ を やる is feeding a pet or an animal; for a person, say たべさせる.

Where you hear えさ を やる

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

Japanese · Beginner Level 3

  • まいあさ、 メープル に えさ を やります。 Every morning, I feed Maple.
  • けさ、 メープル に えさ を やりました。 This morning, I fed Maple.
  • あした の あさ は、 わたし が えさ を やります。 Tomorrow morning, I'll feed her.
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A Day in Nikko

Beginner Level 3 · えさ を やらないで ください

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The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).