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JAPANESE VERB

たのしみ に する

楽しみ に する

to look forward to

  • #201 most used
  • する verb

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI look forward to
NegativeI don’t look forward to

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI looked forward to
NegativeI didn’t look forward to

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formlooking forward to, and…
Doing now (て います)I am looking forward to
Please (て ください)please look forward to

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can look forward to
NegativeI can’t look forward to

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to look forward to
NegativeI don’t want to look forward to

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s look forward to

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I look forward to
  2. If, when (たら) if I look forward to

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) look forward to (do it)
  2. Plain command look forward to!
  3. Please don’t please don’t look forward to

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am looked forward to
CausativeI make someone look forward to

How to use たのしみ に する

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

  1. Present and future

    こども たち は まいとし クリスマス を たのしみ に します。

    The children look forward to Christmas every year.

  2. Past

    こども の ころ、 えんそく を たのしみ に した もの だ。

    As a child I used to look forward to school trips.

  3. Te-form

    ゆい に あえる の を たのしみ に して います。

    I'm looking forward to seeing Yui.

  4. Potential

    なにか たのしみ に できる こと が ほしい。

    I want something I can look forward to.

  5. Want to

    やすみ を たのしみ に したい けど、 しけん が ある。

    I'd like to look forward to the holiday, but there's an exam.

  6. Volitional

    らいねん の さくら を たのしみ に しよう。

    Let's look forward to next year's cherry blossoms.

  7. Conditional

    あまり たのしみ に したら、 がっかり する かも よ。

    If you look forward to it too much, you might be disappointed.

  8. Commands and requests

    がっかり しないで、 つぎ を たのしみ に しなさい。

    Don't be disappointed; look forward to the next one.

  9. Passive and causative

    この ばんぐみ は みんな に たのしみ に されて いる。

    This programme is one everyone looks forward to.

Good to know

  • What you look forward to takes を: りょこう を たのしみ に する.
  • たのしみ に して います, with the て form, is how you say "I'm looking forward to it".

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The same pattern, on other verbs: する verb.