折り返す

おりかえすorikaesu

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Godan verb, group 1, ending -su.

Conjugated like 出す, 探す, 話す, 書き直す, 冷ます, かざす

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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折り返しますおりかえしますorikaeshimasu
    2. negative折り返しませんおりかえしませんorikaeshimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative折り返しましたおりかえしましたorikaeshimashita
    2. negative折り返しませんでしたおりかえしませんでしたorikaeshimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 折り返しておりかえしてorikaeshite
    2. request折り返してくださいおりかえしてくださいorikaeshite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 折り返しましょうおりかえしましょうorikaeshimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative折り返したいおりかえしたいorikaeshitai
    2. negative折り返したくないおりかえしたくないorikaeshitakunai
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折り返すおりかえすorikaesu
    2. negative折り返さないおりかえさないorikaesanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative折り返したおりかえしたorikaeshita
    2. negative折り返さなかったおりかえさなかったorikaesanakatta

  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折り返しているおりかえしているorikaeshite iru
    2. polite折り返していますおりかえしていますorikaeshite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain折り返せるおりかえせるorikaeseru
    2. polite折り返せますおりかえせますorikaesemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 折り返したらおりかえしたらorikaeshitara

  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折り返されるおりかえされるorikaesareru
    2. polite折り返されますおりかえされますorikaesaremasu
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. 折り返そうおりかえそうorikaesō

  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折り返せおりかえせorikaese
    2. ban折り返すなおりかえすなorikaesu 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折り返せばおりかえせばorikaeseba
    2. negative折り返さなければおりかえさなければorikaesanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain折り返させるおりかえさせるorikaesaseru
    2. polite折り返させますおりかえさせますorikaesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain折り返させられるおりかえさせられるorikaesaserareru
    2. polite折り返させられますおりかえさせられますorikaesaseraremasu