言い換える

いいかえるiikaeru

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Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, 現れる, 縛り付ける, なだめる

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言い換えますいいかえますiikaemasu
    2. negative言い換えませんいいかえませんiikaemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative言い換えましたいいかえましたiikaemashita
    2. negative言い換えませんでしたいいかえませんでしたiikaemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 言い換えていいかえてiikaete
    2. request言い換えてくださいいいかえてくださいiikaete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 言い換えましょういいかえましょうiikaemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative言い換えたいいいかえたいiikaetai
    2. negative言い換えたくないいいかえたくないiikaetakunai
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言い換えるいいかえるiikaeru
    2. negative言い換えないいいかえないiikaenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative言い換えたいいかえたiikaeta
    2. negative言い換えなかったいいかえなかったiikaenakatta

  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言い換えているいいかえているiikaete iru
    2. polite言い換えていますいいかえていますiikaete imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain言い換えられるいいかえられるiikaerareru
    2. polite言い換えられますいいかえられますiikaeraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 言い換えたらいいかえたらiikaetara

  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言い換えられるいいかえられるiikaerareru
    2. polite言い換えられますいいかえられますiikaeraremasu
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. 言い換えよういいかえようiikaeyō

  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言い換えろいいかえろiikaero
    2. ban言い換えるないいかえるなiikaeru 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言い換えればいいかえればiikaereba
    2. negative言い換えなければいいかえなければiikaenakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain言い換えさせるいいかえさせるiikaesaseru
    2. polite言い換えさせますいいかえさせますiikaesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain言い換えさせられるいいかえさせられるiikaesaserareru
    2. polite言い換えさせられますいいかえさせられますiikaesaseraremasu