Work in Japanese 🇯🇵

はたらく info.

Tips to remember the Japanese word:
– You might think of "hata" as part of "hat" (thinking of a worker wearing a hat) and "raku" which sounds like "rock," imagining a strong worker lifting a rock.
– Alternatively, envision the word "HaTARAku" as someone working hard (tara sounds similar to "tar" which can be associated with construction work).

Explanations:
– はたらく (hataraku) means "to work" or "to labor." It is commonly used to describe physical or occupational work.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– 働く (はたらく, hataraku) – To work
– 勤める (つとめる, tsutomeru) – To work for (typically used when referring to working at a company)
– 仕事をする (しごとをする, shigoto o suru) – To do work

Conjugations:

Present:
– Plain form: 働く (hataraku)
– Polite form: 働きます (hatarakimasu)

Past:
– Plain form: 働いた (hatara ita)
– Polite form: 働きました (hatarakimaa)

Negative:
– Plain form: 働かない (hatarakanai)
– Polite form: 働きません (hatarakimasen)

Past negative:
– Plain form: 働かなかった (hatarakanakatta)
– Polite form: 働きませんでした (hatarakimasendea)

Te-form:
– 働いて (hatara ite)

Examples of sentences:

1. 昨日私は8時間働きました。
– (Kino watashi wa 8 jikan hatarakimaa.)
– "I worked for 8 hours yesterday."

2. 彼は毎日会社ではたらきます。
– (Kare wa mainichi kaisha de hatarakimasu.)
– "He works at the company every day."

3. 彼女は将来医者としてはたらくつもりです。
– (Kanojo wa shourai isha to e hataraku tsumori desu.)
– "She intends to work as a doctor in the future."

4. 彼は仕事を見つけなければ働けません。
– (Kare wa shigoto o mitsukenakereba hatarakemasen.)
– "He can't work unless he finds a job."

5. 子供の時、私は農場で働いたことがあります。
– (Kodomo no toki, watashi wa noujou de hataraita koto ga arimasu.)
– "When I was a child, I worked on a farm."

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