聞き返す

ききかえすkikikaesu

ask to repeat

Godan verb, group 1, ending -su.

Conjugated like 出す, 探す, 話す, どかす, 着こなす, 蹴飛ばす

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聞き返しますききかえしますkikikaeshimasu
    2. negative聞き返しませんききかえしませんkikikaeshimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative聞き返しましたききかえしましたkikikaeshimashita
    2. negative聞き返しませんでしたききかえしませんでしたkikikaeshimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 聞き返してききかえしてkikikaeshite
    2. request聞き返してくださいききかえしてくださいkikikaeshite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 聞き返しましょうききかえしましょうkikikaeshimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative聞き返したいききかえしたいkikikaeshitai
    2. negative聞き返したくないききかえしたくないkikikaeshitakunai
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聞き返すききかえすkikikaesu
    2. negative聞き返さないききかえさないkikikaesanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative聞き返したききかえしたkikikaeshita
    2. negative聞き返さなかったききかえさなかったkikikaesanakatta

  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聞き返しているききかえしているkikikaeshite iru
    2. polite聞き返していますききかえしていますkikikaeshite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain聞き返せるききかえせるkikikaeseru
    2. polite聞き返せますききかえせますkikikaesemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 聞き返したらききかえしたらkikikaeshitara

  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聞き返されるききかえされるkikikaesareru
    2. polite聞き返されますききかえされますkikikaesaremasu
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. 聞き返そうききかえそうkikikaesō

  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聞き返せききかえせkikikaese
    2. ban聞き返すなききかえすなkikikaesu 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聞き返せばききかえせばkikikaeseba
    2. negative聞き返さなければききかえさなければkikikaesanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain聞き返させるききかえさせるkikikaesaseru
    2. polite聞き返させますききかえさせますkikikaesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain聞き返させられるききかえさせられるkikikaesaserareru
    2. polite聞き返させられますききかえさせられますkikikaesaseraremasu