See also: シャベル

Japanese edit

Alternative spelling
喋る

Etymology edit

Unknown.

Possible analyses include:

Listed in the Nippo Jisho of 1603.[1] Earliest appearance may be in the early 1300s during the Kamakura period.[2]

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "しゃべる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
しゃべる しゃ [shàbéꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) しゃべれ しゃ [shàbéꜜrè]
Key constructions
Passive しゃべられる しゃべられ [shàbéráréꜜrù]
Causative しゃべらせる しゃべらせ [shàbéráséꜜrù]
Potential しゃべれる しゃべれ [shàbéréꜜrù]
Volitional しゃべろう しゃべろ [shàbéróꜜò]
Negative しゃべらない しゃべらない [shàbéráꜜnàì]
Negative perfective しゃべらなかった しゃべらなかった [shàbéráꜜnàkàttà]
Formal しゃべります しゃべりま [shàbérímáꜜsù]
Perfective しゃべった しゃった [shàbéꜜttà]
Conjunctive しゃべって しゃって [shàbéꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional しゃべれば しゃれば [shàbéꜜrèbà]

Verb edit

しゃべる (shaberugodan (stem しゃべり (shaberi), past しゃべった (shabetta))

  1. to talk, to speak, to chat, to chatter
    (わたし)()(ほん)()(しゃべ)ことができる
    Watashi wa Nihongo o shaberu koto ga dekiru.
    I can speak Japanese.
    (かれ)()()(かん)()(つづ)(しゃべ)った
    Kare wa ni jikan tate tsuzuke ni shabetta.
    He rattled on for two hours on end.
  2. to let secrets out
    このことめった(しゃべ)ってもらって(こま)
    Kono koto wa metta ni shabette moratte wa komaru yo.
    Be sure to keep your mouth shut about this.

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References edit

  1. ^ Ishizuka, Harumichi (1976 [1603]) 日葡辞書: パリ本 [Nippo Jisho: Paris edition / Vocabulary of the Language of Japan]‎[1] (overall work in Japanese and Portuguese), Tōkyō: Bensei Publishing, text here, right-hand column.
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN