Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI celebrate | ||
| NegativeI don’t celebrate |
JAPANESE VERB
お祝い する
to celebrate
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI celebrate | ||
| NegativeI don’t celebrate |
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI celebrated | ||
| NegativeI didn’t celebrate |
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formcelebrating, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am celebrating | ||
| Please (て ください)please celebrate |
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can celebrate | ||
| NegativeI can’t celebrate |
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to celebrate | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to celebrate |
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s celebrate |
条件形 · “if” and “when”
命令形 · from gentle to blunt
受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| PassiveI am celebrated | ||
| CausativeI make someone celebrate |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
まいとし ちち の たんじょうび を おいわい します。
Every year we celebrate my father's birthday.
きのう、 ゆい の しゅうしょく を おいわい した。
Yesterday we celebrated Yui getting her job.
ともだち の けっこん を おいわい して きました。
I've been celebrating a friend's wedding.
みんな で おいわい できて、 よかった。
I'm glad we could all celebrate together.
ベン さん の しけん ごうかく を おいわい したい。
I want to celebrate Ben passing his exam.
こんばん は おいわい しよう。
Let's celebrate tonight.
おいわい する なら、 あの レストラン が いい。
If we're celebrating, that restaurant is good.
ともだち の せいこう は ちゃんと おいわい しなさい。
Celebrate your friends' successes properly.
かいしゃ で たんじょうび を おいわい されました。
My birthday was celebrated at work.
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
The same pattern, on other verbs: する verb.