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JAPANESE VERB

たのしむ

楽しむ

to enjoy

  • #200 most used
  • Godan verb (u-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI enjoy
NegativeI don’t enjoy

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI enjoyed
NegativeI didn’t enjoy

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formenjoying, and…
Doing now (て います)I am enjoying
Please (て ください)please enjoy

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can enjoy
NegativeI can’t enjoy

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to enjoy
NegativeI don’t want to enjoy

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s enjoy

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I enjoy
  2. If, when (たら) if I enjoy

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am enjoyed
CausativeI make someone enjoy

How to use たのしむ

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

  1. Present and future

    しゅうまつ は おんがく を たのしみます。

    At the weekend I enjoy music.

  2. Past

    きょうと で おてら を たのしんだ。

    I enjoyed the temples in Kyoto.

  3. Te-form

    にほん の せいかつ を たのしんで います か？

    Are you enjoying life in Japan?

  4. Potential

    ここ から はなび が たのしめます。

    You can enjoy the fireworks from here.

  5. Want to

    もっと にほん の ふゆ を たのしみたい。

    I want to enjoy the Japanese winter more.

  6. Volitional

    きょう は しごと を わすれて、 たのしもう。

    Let's forget work today and have fun.

  7. Conditional

    ゆっくり あるけば、 まち を もっと たのしめます。

    If you walk slowly, you'll enjoy the town more.

  8. Commands and requests

    しんぱい しないで、 りょこう を たのしみなさい。

    Don't worry, enjoy your trip.

  9. Passive and causative

    ゆい は こども たち を たのしませる の が じょうず です。

    Yui is good at entertaining children.

Good to know

  • たのしむ is to enjoy; たのしい is "fun"; たのしみ に して います is "I'm looking forward to it".

Where you hear たのしむ

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Japanese · Beginner Level 2

  • やすみ の ひ は えいが を たのしみます。 On days off, I enjoy films.
  • きょねん、 はこね の おんせん を たのしみました。 Last year, I enjoyed the hot springs in Hakone.
  • しゅうまつ は りょこう を たのしみます。 I'll enjoy the trip at the weekend.
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A Weekend Away

Beginner Level 2 · たのしんで きて ください！

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).