Conjugation

替える

かえるkaeru

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Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 傾ける, 近づける, 尋ねる

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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替えますかえますkaemasu
    2. negative替えませんかえませんkaemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative替えましたかえましたkaemashita
    2. negative替えませんでしたかえませんでしたkaemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 替えてかえてkaete
    2. request替えてくださいかえてくださいkaete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 替えましょうかえましょうkaemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative替えたいかえたいkaetai
    2. negative替えたくないかえたくないkaetakunai
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替えるかえるkaeru
    2. negative替えないかえないkaenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative替えたかえたkaeta
    2. negative替えなかったかえなかったkaenakatta

  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替えているかえているkaete iru
    2. polite替えていますかえていますkaete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain替えられるかえられるkaerareru
    2. polite替えられますかえられますkaeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 替えたらかえたらkaetara

  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替えられるかえられるkaerareru
    2. polite替えられますかえられます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. 替えようかえようkaeyō

  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替えろかえろkaero
    2. ban替えるなかえるな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替えればかえればkaereba
    2. negative替えなければかえなければkaenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain替えさせるかえさせるkaesaseru
    2. polite替えさせますかえさせますkaesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain替えさせられるかえさせられるkaesaserareru
    2. polite替えさせられますかえさせられますkaesaseraremasu