also: しょうが
唱歌する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 唱歌する | 唱歌しない |
| Polite | 唱歌します | 唱歌しません |
| Past polite | 唱歌しました | 唱歌しませんでした |
| Past | 唱歌した | 唱歌しなかった |
| Te-form | 唱歌して | 唱歌しないで |
| Desire | 唱歌したい | 唱歌したくない |
| Potential | 唱歌できる | 唱歌できない |
| Passive | 唱歌される | 唱歌されない |
| Causative | 唱歌させる | 唱歌させない |
| Causative passive | 唱歌させられる | 唱歌させられない |
| Volitional | 唱歌しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 唱歌しましょう | |
| Imperative | 唱歌しろ | 唱歌するな |
| Conditional | 唱歌すれば | 唱歌しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 唱歌したら | 唱歌しなかったら |
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
Refers to singing or to a song, often with a school, simple-song, or somewhat old-fashioned flavor compared with everyday 歌 or 歌う. As 唱歌する, it means to sing, but it sounds more formal or dated than 歌う.
The children's singing could be heard from the classroom.
My mother hummed an old familiar song.
At the end of the ceremony, everyone sang together.
prewar school music class; school music-class song
Obsolete historical school term, especially for music instruction or songs used in music classes at pre-WWII schools.
In prewar schools, music class was sometimes called shōka.
On my grandfather's old report card, shōka is written as the name of a subject.
The students sang songs together in the schoolyard.
In old-fashioned school music classes, everyone sang the same songs together.
I have memories of learning school songs in elementary school.