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JAPANESE VERB

ごちそうする

to treat someone to a meal

  • #194 most used
  • する verb

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI treat someone to a meal
NegativeI don’t treat someone to a meal

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI treated someone to a meal
NegativeI didn’t treat someone to a meal

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formtreating someone to a meal, and…
Doing now (て います)I am treating someone to a meal
Please (て ください)please treat someone to a meal

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can treat someone to a meal
NegativeI can’t treat someone to a meal

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to treat someone to a meal
NegativeI don’t want to treat someone to a meal

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s treat someone to a meal

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I treat someone to a meal
  2. If, when (たら) if I treat someone to a meal

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) treat someone to a meal (do it)
  2. Plain command treat someone to a meal!
  3. Please don’t please don’t treat someone to a meal

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am treated someone to a meal
CausativeI make someone treat someone to a meal

How to use ごちそうする

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

  1. Present and future

    きょう は わたし が ごちそうします。

    Today it's my treat.

  2. Past

    せんしゅう、 りょうしん に ごちそうしました。

    Last week I treated my parents.

  3. Te-form

    こんど、 なにか ごちそうして ください ね。

    Next time, treat me to something, OK?

  4. Potential

    きゅうりょう が でた から、 ごちそうできます よ。

    I've been paid, so I can treat you.

  5. Want to

    おせわ に なった ひと に ごちそうしたい です。

    I want to treat the person who helped me.

  6. Volitional

    こんや は ぼく が ごちそうしよう。

    Tonight it's on me.

  7. Conditional

    ごちそうすれば、 みんな よろこびます よ。

    If you treat them, everyone will be happy.

  8. Commands and requests

    たまに は おとうさん に ごちそうしなさい。

    Treat your father once in a while.

  9. Passive and causative

    せんぱい に やきにく を ごちそうされました。

    My senior treated me to yakiniku.

Good to know

  • ごちそうさま でした after a meal thanks whoever made or paid for it.
  • Who you treat takes に: ともだち に ばんごはん を ごちそうしました.

Where you hear ごちそうする

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

Japanese · Beginner Level 1

  • たんじょうび に は いつも ごちそうします。 I always treat people on birthdays.
  • きのう ベン さん に ごちそうしました。 Yesterday I treated Ben to dinner.
  • つぎ は わたし が ごちそうします。 Next time it's my treat.
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Dinner with Everyone

Beginner Level 1 · ごちそうします · わたし が ごちそうします。

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