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Learn Japanese: tabemono - food

Japanese
/Nouns and the past tense
/tabemono

tabemono

Word

食たべ物ものtabemono

Meaning

food

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Nouns and the past tense

Breakdown of tabemono

食たべるtaberu

(concrete) thing

Usages of tabemono

食たべ物もの　じゃ　なかった　です　か？tabemono zya nakatta desu ka?

Was it not food?

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

でも、　その　食たべ物もの　は　私わたし　の　でした　よ！demo, sono tabemono ha watasi no desita yo!

But, that food was mine!

イタリア　や　日に本ほん　の　食たべ物もの　が　好すき　です。itaria ya nihon no tabemono ga suki desu.

(I) like Italian and Japanese food (among others).

この　食たべ物もの　は　おいしい　です　から、　食たべたい　です。kono tabemono ha oisii desu kara, tabetai desu.

I want to eat this food, because it's delicious.

Using です before から is very formal. We'll learn in a later lesson how to make less formal sentences with から.

その　レストラン　は　高たかい　だけで、　食たべ物もの　は　良よく　ない。sono resutoran ha takai dakede, tabemono ha yoku nai.

That restaurant is just expensive; the food isn't good.

その　食たべ物もの　は　私わたし　の　です。sono tabemono ha watasi no desu.

That food is mine.

食たべ物もの　が　足たります。tabemono ga tarimasu.

There's enough food.

食たべ物もの　は　よく　噛かんで　食たべて　ください。tabemono ha yoku kande tabete kudasai.

Please eat (while) chewing your food well.

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