食べる

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 朝ご飯を食べます。▶ —
   I eat breakfast.
2. 何を食べたいですか。▶ —
   What do you want to eat?

Collocations

Mnemonic

Taberu — 食べる, to eat. Stem "tabe" + verb ending "ru." The kanji 食 means "eat" — same character in Korean "siksa" (meal). But the sound "tabe" is Yamato, unrelated to the kanji's reading. A native verb wearing a Sino kanji. The most ordinary structure of Japanese verbs.

Quick check

1. What is the polite (masu) form of 食べる?

   • 食べます (correct)
   • 食べる (dictionary)
   • 食べた (past)
   • 食べる です (incorrect)