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JAPANESE VERB

いただく

頂く

to receive; to eat or drink, humbly

  • #494 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 receive
NegativeI don’t receive

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI received
NegativeI didn’t receive

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formreceiving, and…
Doing now (て います)I am receiving
Please (て ください)please receive

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can receive
NegativeI can’t receive

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s receive

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am received
CausativeI make someone receive

How to use いただく

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

  1. Present and future

    それでは、 えんりょ なく いただきます。

    Well then, I'll gladly accept.

  2. Past

    さとう さん に おいしい おちゃ を いただいた。

    Mrs. Sato gave me some delicious tea.

  3. Te-form

    おみやげ を いただいて、 ありがとう ございます。

    Thank you for the present.

  4. Potential

    もう ひとつ いただけます か？

    May I have one more?

  5. Want to

    おみず を いっぱい いただきたい の です が。

    I'd like a glass of water, please.

  6. Volitional

    じゃあ、 えんりょ なく いただこう。

    Well, let's not stand on ceremony and tuck in.

  7. Conditional

    おへんじ を いただければ、 うれしい です。

    I'd be glad if you could reply.

  8. Commands and requests

    だされた もの は のこさず いただきなさい。

    Eat everything you're served.

  9. Passive and causative

    おさき に いただかせて もらいます。

    I'll go ahead and start, if I may.

Good to know

  • いただきます before a meal is this verb: "I humbly receive".
  • いただけます か？ is the softest way to ask for something.

Where you hear いただく

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 1

  • いただいた おかし を いただきます。 I'm eating the sweets I received.
  • おきゃくさま から おかし を いただきました。 I received sweets from a guest.
  • あとで おちゃ を いただきます。 I'll have some tea later.

Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • せんぱい、 これ を みて いただけません か。 Senpai, could you look at this?
  • ゆい の おかあさん に あてな を かいて いただいた。 Yui's mother kindly wrote the addresses for us.
  • らいしゅう、 あおき さん に しりょう を みて いただきます。 Next week, I'll have Ms. Aoki look at the materials.
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A Difficult Guest

Intermediate Level 1 · いただけます か

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A Word with Her Father

Intermediate Level 1 · いただける

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The Invitations

Intermediate Level 2 · て いただけません か · いただいた

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Reception

Intermediate Level 3 · いただいて おります

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Verbs like this one

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