Conjugation

かえる

kaeru

hatch

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 生え変わる, 食べきる, する

  • Godan, not ichidan

    It ends in -iru or -eru, but it is a godan verb: かえります, かえらない.

Newbie

The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmativeかえりますkaerimasu
    2. negativeかえりませんkaerimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmativeかえりましたkaerimashita
    2. negativeかえりませんでしたkaerimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. かえってkaette
    2. requestかえってくださいkaette kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. かえりましょうkaerimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmativeかえりたいkaeritai
    2. negativeかえりたくないkaeritakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · Potential · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (6)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmativeかえるkaeru
    2. negativeかえらないkaeranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmativeかえったkaetta
    2. negativeかえらなかったkaeranakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plainかえっているkaette iru
    2. politeかえっていますkaette imasu

  4. Potential

    What you can do. Its object often takes が: 日本語が話せる.

    1. plainかえれるkaereru
    2. politeかえれますkaeremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. かえったらkaettara

  6. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plainかえられるkaerareru
    2. politeかえられますkaeraremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passiveAlso show the Intermediate forms (5)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. かえろうkaerō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. orderかえれkaere
    2. banかえるなkaeru na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmativeかえればkaereba
    2. negativeかえらなければkaeranakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plainかえらせるkaeraseru
    2. politeかえらせますkaerasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plainかえらせられるkaeraserareru
    2. politeかえらせられますkaeraseraremasu