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JAPANESE VERB

しゅっちょう する

出張 する

to go on a business trip

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  • する verb

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI go on a business trip
NegativeI don’t go on a business trip

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI went on a business trip
NegativeI didn’t go on a business trip

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formgoing on a business trip, and…
Doing now (て います)I am going on a business trip
Please (て ください)please go on a business trip

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can go on a business trip
NegativeI can’t go on a business trip

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to go on a business trip
NegativeI don’t want to go on a business trip

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s go on a business trip

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I go on a business trip
  2. If, when (たら) if I go on a business trip

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) go on a business trip (do it)
  2. Plain command go on a business trip!
  3. Please don’t please don’t go on a business trip

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am gone on a business trip
CausativeI make someone go on a business trip

How to use しゅっちょう する

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

  1. Present and future

    らいげつ ふくおか に しゅっちょう します。

    Next month I'm going to Fukuoka on business.

  2. Past

    せんしゅう は なごや に しゅっちょう した。

    Last week I went to Nagoya on business.

  3. Te-form

    ぶちょう は いま かいがい に しゅっちょう して います。

    The manager is abroad on business right now.

  4. Potential

    こども が ちいさい ので、 とおく に しゅっちょう できません。

    My kids are small, so I can't go far on business.

  5. Want to

    いちど パリ に しゅっちょう したい な。

    I'd love to go to Paris on business once.

  6. Volitional

    こんかい は ふたり で しゅっちょう しよう。

    This time let's go on the business trip together.

  7. Conditional

    しゅっちょう したら、 おみやげ を かって きます。

    If I go on the trip, I'll bring back souvenirs.

  8. Commands and requests

    かぜ の とき は しゅっちょう しないで ください。

    Please don't travel for work when you have a cold.

  9. Passive and causative

    かいしゃ は わたし を まいつき おおさか に しゅっちょう させる。

    The company sends me to Osaka on business every month.

Good to know

  • しゅっちょう takes に for the place, like いく: おおさか に しゅっちょう する.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: する verb.