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JAPANESE VERB

うんどう する

運動 する

to exercise

  • #155 most used
  • する verb

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI exercise
NegativeI don’t exercise

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI exercised
NegativeI didn’t exercise

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formexercising, and…
Doing now (て います)I am exercising
Please (て ください)please exercise

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can exercise
NegativeI can’t exercise

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s exercise

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am exercised
CausativeI make someone exercise

How to use うんどう する

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

  1. Present and future

    しゅう に さんかい ジム で うんどう します。

    I work out at the gym three times a week.

  2. Past

    きょう は ひさしぶり に うんどう した。

    Today I exercised for the first time in ages.

  3. Te-form

    ちち は まいあさ うんどう して から、 しごと に いく。

    My father exercises every morning before going to work.

  4. Potential

    ひざ が いたくて、 うんどう できない。

    My knee hurts and I can't exercise.

  5. Want to

    もっと うんどう したい けど、 じかん が ない。

    I'd like to exercise more, but there's no time.

  6. Volitional

    こんしゅう から いっしょ に うんどう しよう。

    Starting this week, let's work out together.

  7. Conditional

    まいにち うんどう すれば、 からだ が かるく なります。

    If you exercise every day, your body feels lighter.

  8. Commands and requests

    テレビ を けして、 そと で うんどう しなさい。

    Turn off the TV and go exercise outside.

  9. Passive and causative

    せんせい は せいと に あさ うんどう させます。

    The teacher has the students exercise in the morning.

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