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JAPANESE VERB

しょくじ する

食事 する

to have a meal

  • #159 most used
  • する verb

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI have a meal
NegativeI don’t have a meal

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI had a meal
NegativeI didn’t have a meal

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formhaving a meal, and…
Doing now (て います)I am having a meal
Please (て ください)please have a meal

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can have a meal
NegativeI can’t have a meal

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to have a meal
NegativeI don’t want to have a meal

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s have a meal

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I have a meal
  2. If, when (たら) if I have a meal

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am had a meal
CausativeI make someone have a meal

How to use しょくじ する

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

  1. Present and future

    ひる は いつも どうりょう と しょくじ します。

    At lunchtime I always eat with my colleagues.

  2. Past

    ゆうべ、 りょうしん と そと で しょくじ した。

    Last night I had dinner out with my parents.

  3. Te-form

    さとう さん は いま しょくじ して います。

    Mrs. Sato is having her meal right now.

  4. Potential

    あの レストラン は しずか に しょくじ できます。

    At that restaurant you can dine quietly.

  5. Want to

    こんど ゆっくり しょくじ したい です ね。

    I'd like to have a nice leisurely meal with you sometime.

  6. Volitional

    こんや は みんな で しょくじ しよう。

    Tonight, let's all have dinner together.

  7. Conditional

    しょくじ したら、 この くすり を のんで ください。

    After you eat, please take this medicine.

  8. Commands and requests

    ちゃんと すわって しょくじ しなさい。

    Sit properly and eat your meal.

  9. Passive and causative

    かんごし は かんじゃ に ゆっくり しょくじ させた。

    The nurse let the patient eat slowly.

Good to know

  • しょくじ is a meal; しょくじ する is politer than たべる when you talk about eating with someone.

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