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JAPANESE VERB

かんぱい する

乾杯 する

to make a toast

  • #196 most used
  • する verb

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI make a toast
NegativeI don’t make a toast

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI made a toast
NegativeI didn’t make a toast

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formmaking a toast, and…
Doing now (て います)I am making a toast
Please (て ください)please make a toast

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can make a toast
NegativeI can’t make a toast

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to make a toast
NegativeI don’t want to make a toast

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s make a toast

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I make a toast
  2. If, when (たら) if I make a toast

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am made a toast
CausativeI make someone make a toast

How to use かんぱい する

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

  1. Present and future

    まず ビール で かんぱい します。

    First we toast with beer.

  2. Past

    ふたり の けっこん を いわって、 かんぱい した。

    We toasted the couple's marriage.

  3. Te-form

    みんな で かんぱい して から、 たべよう。

    Let's all toast first, then eat.

  4. Potential

    おさけ が のめなくて も、 おちゃ で かんぱい できます。

    Even if you can't drink, you can toast with tea.

  5. Want to

    ゆい の しゅうしょく に かんぱい したい。

    I want to toast Yui getting the job.

  6. Volitional

    みんな そろった ね。 かんぱい しよう！

    Everyone's here. Let's toast!

  7. Conditional

    かんぱい したら、 すぐ りょうり が でて きます。

    Once we've toasted, the food comes right out.

  8. Commands and requests

    しゃちょう が くる まで、 かんぱい しないで ください。

    Please don't toast until the boss arrives.

  9. Passive and causative

    ちち は むすこ に ジュース で かんぱい させた。

    Dad let his son toast with juice.

Good to know

  • かんぱい！ alone is "cheers"; the glass is raised, not emptied.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: する verb.