How to Say ‘I eat dinner.’ in Japanese
晩ご飯を食べます。
bangohan o tabe masu
[bahn-GOH-hahn oh tah-beh mahs]
💬 Usage Tip: を marks the thing you eat, drink or do, and is said (o), not (wo). The ます form can mean "I eat" or "I will eat," depending on context.
Phrase Breakdown
晩ご飯を
bangohan o
dinner (as object)
'Bangohan' means dinner. The object particle を is pronounced 'o'.
晩ご飯を作ります。
I make dinner.
Words in this phrase
晩ご飯
bangohan
[bahn-GOH-hahn]
dinner
The evening meal; 晩 means evening and ご飯 means meal or rice.
晩ご飯は七時です。
Dinner is at seven.
を
o
[oh]
object marker
The particle を marks the direct object of a verb.
チケットを二枚ください。
Two tickets, please.
食べます。
tabe masu
(I) eat / will eat.
'Tabemasu' is the polite form of 'taberu' (to eat). The final 'u' is very soft, so it sounds like 'tabemas'.
パンを食べます。
I eat bread.
Words in this phrase
食べ
tabe
[tah-beh]
eat (stem of 食べる)
Verb stem of 食べる (to eat). Used before て-form: 食べて.
今度食べてみたいです。まずは少し食べてみます。
I want to try it next time. For now, I’ll try a little.
ます
masu
[mahs]
polite verb ending
A standard polite ending added to verbs, often used in customer service and formal speech.
予約を確認し ます。
I will confirm the reservation.
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