引き返す

ひきかえすhikikaesu

turn back

Godan verb, group 1, ending -su.

Conjugated like 出す, 探す, 話す, やり返す, 干す, しでかす

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引き返しますひきかえしますhikikaeshimasu
    2. negative引き返しませんひきかえしませんhikikaeshimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative引き返しましたひきかえしましたhikikaeshimashita
    2. negative引き返しませんでしたひきかえしませんでしたhikikaeshimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 引き返してひきかえしてhikikaeshite
    2. request引き返してくださいひきかえしてくださいhikikaeshite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 引き返しましょうひきかえしましょうhikikaeshimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative引き返したいひきかえしたいhikikaeshitai
    2. negative引き返したくないひきかえしたくないhikikaeshitakunai
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引き返すひきかえすhikikaesu
    2. negative引き返さないひきかえさないhikikaesanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative引き返したひきかえしたhikikaeshita
    2. negative引き返さなかったひきかえさなかったhikikaesanakatta

  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引き返しているひきかえしているhikikaeshite iru
    2. polite引き返していますひきかえしていますhikikaeshite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain引き返せるひきかえせるhikikaeseru
    2. polite引き返せますひきかえせますhikikaesemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 引き返したらひきかえしたらhikikaeshitara

  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引き返されるひきかえされるhikikaesareru
    2. polite引き返されますひきかえされますhikikaesaremasu
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. 引き返そうひきかえそうhikikaesō

  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引き返せひきかえせhikikaese
    2. ban引き返すなひきかえすなhikikaesu 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引き返せばひきかえせばhikikaeseba
    2. negative引き返さなければひきかえさなければhikikaesanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain引き返させるひきかえさせるhikikaesaseru
    2. polite引き返させますひきかえさせますhikikaesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain引き返させられるひきかえさせられるhikikaesaserareru
    2. polite引き返させられますひきかえさせられますhikikaesaseraremasu