Conjugation

間違う

まちがうmachigau

make a mistake

Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 払う, 狙う, 通う

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間違いますまちがいますmachigaimasu
    2. negative間違いませんまちがいませんmachigaimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative間違いましたまちがいましたmachigaimashita
    2. negative間違いませんでしたまちがいませんでしたmachigaimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 間違ってまちがってmachigatte
    2. request間違ってくださいまちがってくださいmachigatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 間違いましょうまちがいましょうmachigaimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative間違いたいまちがいたいmachigaitai
    2. negative間違いたくないまちがいたくないmachigaitakunai
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間違うまちがうmachigau
    2. negative間違わないまちがわないmachigawanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative間違ったまちがったmachigatta
    2. negative間違わなかったまちがわなかったmachigawanakatta

  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間違っているまちがっているmachigatte iru
    2. polite間違っていますまちがっていますmachigatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain間違えるまちがえるmachigaeru
    2. polite間違えますまちがえますmachigaemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 間違ったらまちがったらmachigattara

  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間違われるまちがわれるmachigawareru
    2. polite間違われますまちがわれますmachigawaremasu
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. 間違おうまちがおうmachigaō

  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間違えまちがえmachigae
    2. ban間違うなまちがうなmachigau 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間違えばまちがえばmachigaeba
    2. negative間違わなければまちがわなければmachigawanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain間違わせるまちがわせるmachigawaseru
    2. polite間違わせますまちがわせますmachigawasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain間違わせられるまちがわせられるmachigawaserareru
    2. polite間違わせられますまちがわせられますmachigawaseraremasu