飲んだ
The English phrase "drank" is translated into Japanese as 飲んだ.
This verb is used for both non-alcoholic beverages and alcoholic beverages in Japanese.
Did you know?
- In Japanese, the word for 'to drink', 飲む, is also used idiomously to mean 'to take' medicine, such as saying 薬を飲んだ (drank medicine).
- In formal settings, the verb 飲む changes to 召し上がる 'to consume' when speaking about a superior drinking something.
- While 飲んだ means 'drank', saying 飲みに行こう 'let us go drink' almost always implies going for alcohol, even if the word for alcohol is omitted.
Examples in context
- トムは飲んだ。Tom drank.This sentence is useful for practicing the form 飲んだ.Tatoeba #7462011 by Ninja, translation #7410476 by CK
- 牛乳を飲んだ。I drank milk.This sentence shows how to use 飲んだ with a noun.Tatoeba #13011264 by small_snow, translation #806340 by luna_moonsilver
- 彼は少し飲んだ。He drank a little.This sentence shows how to use 飲んだ to describe an amount.Tatoeba #104100 by bunbuku, translation #299592 by CK
- 54 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Two friends are talking about a party they attended yesterday.
- 美咲 Misaki昨日は何を飲んだ？Kinou wa nani o nonda?What did you drink yesterday?
- 蓮 Renビールをたくさん飲んだよ。Biiru o takusan nonda yo.I drank a lot of beer.
- 美咲 Misaki蓮くんは強いね。Ren-kun wa tsuyoi ne.You're strong, Ren.
- 蓮 Renそんなことないよ。Sonna koto nai yo.That's not true.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
