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JAPANESE VERB

じゅうでん する

充電 する

to charge, a battery

  • #381 most used
  • する verb

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI charge
NegativeI don’t charge

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI charged
NegativeI didn’t charge

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formcharging, and…
Doing now (て います)I am charging
Please (て ください)please charge

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can charge
NegativeI can’t charge

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s charge

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am charged
CausativeI make someone charge

How to use じゅうでん する

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

  1. Present and future

    まいばん ねる まえ に スマホ を じゅうでん します。

    Every night before bed I charge my phone.

  2. Past

    カフェ で ちょっと じゅうでん した。

    I charged it a bit at a café.

  3. Te-form

    いま じゅうでん して いる から、 すこし まって。

    It's charging now, so wait a bit.

  4. Potential

    この カフェ は じゅうでん できます か。

    Can I charge my phone at this café?

  5. Want to

    でんち が いち パーセント だ。 じゅうでん したい。

    The battery's at one percent. I want to charge it.

  6. Volitional

    しゅっぱつ まえ に、 カメラ を じゅうでん しよう。

    Before we leave, let's charge the camera.

  7. Conditional

    いちじかん じゅうでん すれば、 いちにち もつ。

    If you charge it for an hour, it lasts all day.

  8. Commands and requests

    わすれないで、 きょう じゅう に じゅうでん しなさい。

    Don't forget; charge it before the day's out.

  9. Passive and causative

    この でんち は たいよう の ひかり で じゅうでん される。

    This battery is charged by sunlight.

Good to know

  • じゅうでん is the charge itself, so じゅうでん が ない is "the battery's dead"; じゅうでんき is the charger.

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