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JAPANESE VERB

ゲーム する

to play a game

  • #297 most used
  • する verb

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI play a game
NegativeI don’t play a game

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI played a game
NegativeI didn’t play a game

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formplaying a game, and…
Doing now (て います)I am playing a game
Please (て ください)please play a game

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can play a game
NegativeI can’t play a game

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to play a game
NegativeI don’t want to play a game

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s play a game

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I play a game
  2. If, when (たら) if I play a game

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am played a game
CausativeI make someone play a game

How to use ゲーム する

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

  1. Present and future

    おとうと は、 やすみ の ひ は いちにち じゅう ゲーム します。

    My little brother games all day on his days off.

  2. Past

    ゆうべ は ともだち と さんじかん ゲーム した。

    Last night I played games with friends for three hours.

  3. Te-form

    むすこ は また へや で ゲーム して いる。

    My son is in his room gaming again.

  4. Potential

    しゅくだい が おわる まで、 ゲーム できない。

    I can't play games until my homework is done.

  5. Want to

    ひさしぶり に、 かぞく で ゲーム したい。

    It's been a while; I want to play a game with the family.

  6. Volitional

    ばんごはん の あと で、 いっしょ に ゲーム しよう。

    After dinner, let's play a game together.

  7. Conditional

    いちじかん いじょう ゲーム したら、 め が つかれます。

    If you game for more than an hour, your eyes get tired.

  8. Commands and requests

    しょくじ ちゅう は ゲーム しないで。

    No games at mealtimes.

  9. Passive and causative

    こども に、 いちにち いちじかん だけ ゲーム させて います。

    I let my child play games just one hour a day.

Good to know

  • ゲーム is mostly a video game; a board game or cards is ゲーム too, and playing in general is あそぶ.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: する verb.