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JAPANESE VERB

きゅうけい する

休憩 する

to take a break

  • #324 most used
  • する verb

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI take a break
NegativeI don’t take a break

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI took a break
NegativeI didn’t take a break

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formtaking a break, and…
Doing now (て います)I am taking a break
Please (て ください)please take a break

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can take a break
NegativeI can’t take a break

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to take a break
NegativeI don’t want to take a break

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s take a break

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I take a break
  2. If, when (たら) if I take a break

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am taken a break
CausativeI make someone take a break

How to use きゅうけい する

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

  1. Present and future

    じゅうにじ から いちじかん きゅうけい します。

    We take a one-hour break from twelve.

  2. Past

    さんじ に ちょっと きゅうけい した。

    I took a short break at three.

  3. Te-form

    いま きゅうけい して いる ので、 あと で きます。

    I'm on my break now, so I'll come later.

  4. Potential

    いそがしくて、 ぜんぜん きゅうけい できなかった。

    It was so busy I couldn't take a break at all.

  5. Want to

    ちょっと つかれた。 じゅっぷん きゅうけい したい。

    I'm a bit tired. I want a ten-minute break.

  6. Volitional

    この さか を のぼったら、 きゅうけい しましょう。

    Once we're up this hill, let's take a break.

  7. Conditional

    すこし きゅうけい すれば、 げんき に なる よ。

    If you rest a little, you'll feel better.

  8. Commands and requests

    むり しないで、 ここ で きゅうけい しなさい。

    Don't push yourself; take a break here.

  9. Passive and causative

    せんせい は せいと たち を じゅっぷん きゅうけい させた。

    The teacher gave the students a ten-minute break.

Good to know

  • きゅうけい is a short break at work or on the road; やすむ is to rest, or to take the day off.

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