着替える

きがえるkigaeru

change clothes

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 聞き入れる, 老ける, 入れ替える

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着替えますきがえますkigaemasu
    2. negative着替えませんきがえませんkigaemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative着替えましたきがえましたkigaemashita
    2. negative着替えませんでしたきがえませんでしたkigaemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 着替えてきがえてkigaete
    2. request着替えてくださいきがえてくださいkigaete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 着替えましょうきがえましょうkigaemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative着替えたいきがえたいkigaetai
    2. negative着替えたくないきがえたくないkigaetakunai
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着替えるきがえるkigaeru
    2. negative着替えないきがえないkigaenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative着替えたきがえたkigaeta
    2. negative着替えなかったきがえなかったkigaenakatta

  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着替えているきがえているkigaete iru
    2. polite着替えていますきがえていますkigaete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain着替えられるきがえられるkigaerareru
    2. polite着替えられますきがえられますkigaeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 着替えたらきがえたらkigaetara

  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着替えられるきがえられるkigaerareru
    2. polite着替えられますきがえられますkigaeraremasu
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. 着替えようきがえようkigaeyō

  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着替えろきがえろkigaero
    2. ban着替えるなきがえるなkigaeru 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着替えればきがえればkigaereba
    2. negative着替えなければきがえなければkigaenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain着替えさせるきがえさせるkigaesaseru
    2. polite着替えさせますきがえさせますkigaesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain着替えさせられるきがえさせられるkigaesaserareru
    2. polite着替えさせられますきがえさせられますkigaesaseraremasu