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JAPANESE VERB

かいもの する

買い物 する

to go shopping

  • #158 most used
  • する verb

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI go shopping
NegativeI don’t go shopping

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI went shopping
NegativeI didn’t go shopping

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formgoing shopping, and…
Doing now (て います)I am going shopping
Please (て ください)please go shopping

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can go shopping
NegativeI can’t go shopping

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to go shopping
NegativeI don’t want to go shopping

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s go shopping

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am gone shopping
CausativeI make someone go shopping

How to use かいもの する

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

  1. Present and future

    まいしゅう どようび に まとめて かいもの します。

    Every Saturday I do all the shopping at once.

  2. Past

    きのう、 しんじゅく で いっぱい かいもの した。

    Yesterday I shopped a lot in Shinjuku.

  3. Te-form

    はは は いま デパート で かいもの して いる。

    Mom's shopping at the department store right now.

  4. Potential

    この カード で かいもの できます か。

    Can I shop with this card?

  5. Want to

    きゅうりょう が でたら、 かいもの したい。

    When I get paid, I want to go shopping.

  6. Volitional

    かえり に いっしょ に かいもの しよう。

    Let's go shopping together on the way home.

  7. Conditional

    ゆうがた に かいもの すれば、 やすく なります。

    If you shop in the evening, things get cheaper.

  8. Commands and requests

    むだづかい しないで、 かんがえて かいもの しなさい。

    Don't waste money; shop sensibly.

  9. Passive and causative

    こども に ひとり で かいもの させて みた。

    I tried letting my child do the shopping alone.

Good to know

  • かいもの に いく, to go shopping, is said as often as かいもの する.

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