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JAPANESE VERB

やける

焼ける

to be grilled, to be done

  • #416 most used
  • Ichidan verb (ru-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI am grilled
NegativeI am not grilled

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI was grilled
NegativeI was not grilled

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formbeing grilled, and…
Doing now (て います)I am being grilled
Please (て ください)please be grilled

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can be grilled
NegativeI can’t be grilled

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to be grilled
NegativeI don’t want to be grilled

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s be grilled

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
Passive
Causative

How to use やける

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

  1. Present and future

    この オーブン は パン が よく やけます。

    Bread bakes well in this oven.

  2. Past

    さかな が いい いろ に やけた。

    The fish grilled to a nice colour.

  3. Te-form

    にく は もう やけて いる よ。

    The meat's already done.

  4. Potential

    この ちいさい オーブン で、 ケーキ は やけられる？

    Can a cake get baked in this little oven?

  5. Want to

    なつ は うみ で こんがり やけたい。

    In summer I want to get a nice tan at the beach.

  6. Volitional

    ひ が よわすぎて、 にく が やけよう が ない。

    The heat's too low; there's no way the meat will cook.

  7. Conditional

    クッキー が やけたら、 おしえて ね。

    When the cookies are done, let me know.

  8. Commands and requests

    おなか すいた。 はやく やけろ！

    I'm starving. Cook faster!

  9. Passive and causative

    よわび で、 ゆっくり やけさせます。

    On low heat, I let it cook slowly.

Good to know

  • やける is what the food does; やく is what the cook does. Skin やける too: ひ に やける, to tan.

Where you hear やける

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 1

  • この にく は すぐ やける よ。 This meat cooks fast.
  • にく が やけた！ The meat is done!
  • あと いっぷん で やける。 It'll be done in a minute.
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Shibuya

Intermediate Level 1 · もう やけた？

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: ichidan verb (ru-verb).