帰る

かえるkaeru

go home

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 変わる, かかる, 始まる

  • Godan, not ichidan

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

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帰りますかえりますkaerimasu
    2. negative帰りませんかえりませんkaerimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative帰りましたかえりましたkaerimashita
    2. negative帰りませんでした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. 帰ってかえってkaette
    2. request帰ってくださいかえってくださいkaette kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 帰りましょうかえりましょうkaerimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative帰りたいかえりたいkaeritai
    2. negative帰りたくないかえりたくない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帰るかえるkaeru
    2. negative帰らないかえらないkaeranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative帰ったかえったkaetta
    2. negative帰らなかったかえらなかった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帰っているかえっているkaette iru
    2. polite帰っていますかえっていますkaette imasu

  4. Potential

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

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

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 帰ったらかえったら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帰られるかえられるkaerareru
    2. polite帰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. 帰ろうかえろう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帰れかえれkaere
    2. ban帰るなかえるな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帰ればかえればkaereba
    2. negative帰らなければかえらなければkaeranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain帰らせるかえらせるkaeraseru
    2. polite帰らせますかえらせます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帰らせられるかえらせられるkaeraserareru
    2. polite帰らせられますかえらせられますkaeraseraremasu