Conjugation

変わる

かわるkawaru

change

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 取る, 終わる, かかる

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変わりますかわりますkawarimasu
    2. negative変わりませんかわりませんkawarimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative変わりましたかわりましたkawarimashita
    2. negative変わりませんでしたかわりませんでしたkawarimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 変わってかわってkawatte
    2. request変わってくださいかわってくださいkawatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 変わりましょうかわりましょうkawarimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative変わりたいかわりたいkawaritai
    2. negative変わりたくないかわりたくないkawaritakunai
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変わるかわるkawaru
    2. negative変わらないかわらないkawaranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative変わったかわったkawatta
    2. negative変わらなかったかわらなかったkawaranakatta

  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変わっているかわっているkawatte iru
    2. polite変わっていますかわっていますkawatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain変われるかわれるkawareru
    2. polite変われますかわれますkawaremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 変わったらかわったらkawattara

  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変わられるかわられるkawarareru
    2. polite変わられますかわられますkawararemasu
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. 変わろうかわろうkawarō

  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変われかわれkaware
    2. ban変わるなかわるなkawaru 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変わればかわればkawareba
    2. negative変わらなければかわらなければkawaranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain変わらせるかわらせるkawaraseru
    2. polite変わらせますかわらせますkawarasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain変わらせられるかわらせられるkawaraserareru
    2. polite変わらせられますかわらせられますkawaraseraremasu