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JAPANESE VERB

かいぎ する

会議 する

to have a meeting

  • #326 most used
  • する verb

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI have a meeting
NegativeI don’t have a meeting

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI had a meeting
NegativeI didn’t have a meeting

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formhaving a meeting, and…
Doing now (て います)I am having a meeting
Please (て ください)please have a meeting

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can have a meeting
NegativeI can’t have a meeting

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to have a meeting
NegativeI don’t want to have a meeting

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s have a meeting

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I have a meeting
  2. If, when (たら) if I have a meeting

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am had a meeting
CausativeI make someone have a meeting

How to use かいぎ する

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

  1. Present and future

    まいしゅう げつようび の あさ に かいぎ します。

    We have a meeting every Monday morning.

  2. Past

    きのう さんじかん も かいぎ した。

    Yesterday we were in a meeting for three whole hours.

  3. Te-form

    いま かいぎ して いる ので、 あと で でんわ します。

    I'm in a meeting now, so I'll call you later.

  4. Potential

    オンライン で かいぎ できます か。

    Can we have the meeting online?

  5. Want to

    あたらしい きかく に ついて かいぎ したい。

    I want to have a meeting about the new project.

  6. Volitional

    みんな が そろったら、 かいぎ しましょう。

    Once everyone's here, let's start the meeting.

  7. Conditional

    あさ はやく かいぎ すれば、 ごご は あきます。

    If we meet early in the morning, the afternoon is free.

  8. Commands and requests

    きめる まえ に、 かならず かいぎ しなさい。

    Always hold a meeting before you decide.

  9. Passive and causative

    ぶちょう は わかい しゃいん だけ で かいぎ させた。

    The manager had the young employees hold the meeting on their own.

Good to know

  • かいぎ is the meeting itself; かいぎ を する and かいぎ が ある are both common, and in an office ミーティング is just as usual.

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