Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI cook | ||
| NegativeI don’t cook |
JAPANESE VERB
料理 する
to cook
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI cook | ||
| NegativeI don’t cook |
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI cooked | ||
| NegativeI didn’t cook |
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formcooking, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am cooking | ||
| Please (て ください)please cook |
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can cook | ||
| NegativeI can’t cook |
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to cook | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to cook |
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s cook |
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 cooked | ||
| CausativeI make someone cook |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
しゅうまつ は わたし が りょうり します。
At the weekend I do the cooking.
きのう は はじめて さかな を りょうり した。
Yesterday I cooked fish for the first time.
いま、 ばんごはん を りょうり して います。
I'm cooking dinner right now.
かんたんな もの なら りょうり できます。
I can cook simple things.
カナダ の りょうり を りょうり したい です。
I want to cook Canadian food.
こんばん は いっしょ に りょうり しよう。
Let's cook together tonight.
じぶん で りょうり すれば、 からだ に いい です。
If you cook for yourself, it's good for you.
たまに は じぶん で りょうり しなさい。
Cook for yourself once in a while.
むすこ に りょうり させて みました。
I tried having my son do the cooking.
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
The same pattern, on other verbs: する verb.