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JAPANESE VERB

やく

焼く

to grill, to bake

  • #415 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 grill
NegativeI don’t grill

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI grilled
NegativeI didn’t grill

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formgrilling, and…
Doing now (て います)I am grilling
Please (て ください)please grill

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can grill
NegativeI can’t grill

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s grill

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am grilled
CausativeI make someone grill

How to use やく

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

  1. Present and future

    まいあさ パン を やく。

    I toast bread every morning.

  2. Past

    ゆうべ さかな を やきました。

    Last night I grilled fish.

  3. Te-form

    いま にわ で にく を やいて いる。

    I'm grilling meat in the garden now.

  4. Potential

    ベン さん は ケーキ が やけます か？

    Ben, can you bake cakes?

  5. Want to

    おしょうがつ に おもち を やきたい。

    I want to grill rice cakes at New Year.

  6. Volitional

    こんばん は やきとり を やきましょう。

    Let's grill yakitori tonight.

  7. Conditional

    つよい ひ で やけば、 こげる よ。

    If you grill on a high heat, it'll burn.

  8. Commands and requests

    けんた、 さかな を よく やきなさい。

    Kenta, grill the fish properly.

  9. Passive and causative

    こども に クッキー を やかせました。

    I had the kids bake cookies.

Good to know

  • One verb for grilling, frying, toasting and baking: さかな を やく, パン を やく, ケーキ を やく.

Where you hear やく

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

Japanese · Beginner Level 3

  • まいあさ、 さかな を やきます。 Every morning, I grill fish.
  • きのう、 ケーキ を やきました。 Yesterday I baked a cake.
  • こんど の にちようび、 にく を やきましょう。 Let's grill meat this Sunday.

Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • さかな は いつも しお で やきます。 I always grill fish with salt.
  • きのう、 パン を やきました。 I baked bread yesterday.
  • こんや、 にく を やく よ。 I'm grilling meat tonight.
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Dinner at the Inn

Beginner Level 3 · やきます

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Fishing

Intermediate Level 2 · やきましょう

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Verbs like this one

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