言い返す

いいかえすiikaesu

retort

Godan verb, group 1, ending -su.

Conjugated like 出す, 探す, 話す, 転がす, 呼び戻す, 取り壊す

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言い返しますいいかえしますiikaeshimasu
    2. negative言い返しませんいいかえしませんiikaeshimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative言い返しましたいいかえしましたiikaeshimashita
    2. negative言い返しませんでしたいいかえしませんでしたiikaeshimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 言い返していいかえしてiikaeshite
    2. request言い返してくださいいいかえしてくださいiikaeshite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 言い返しましょういいかえしましょうiikaeshimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative言い返したいいいかえしたいiikaeshitai
    2. negative言い返したくないいいかえしたくないiikaeshitakunai
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言い返すいいかえすiikaesu
    2. negative言い返さないいいかえさないiikaesanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative言い返したいいかえしたiikaeshita
    2. negative言い返さなかったいいかえさなかったiikaesanakatta

  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言い返しているいいかえしているiikaeshite iru
    2. polite言い返していますいいかえしていますiikaeshite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain言い返せるいいかえせるiikaeseru
    2. polite言い返せますいいかえせますiikaesemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 言い返したらいいかえしたらiikaeshitara

  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言い返されるいいかえされるiikaesareru
    2. polite言い返されますいいかえされますiikaesaremasu
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. 言い返そういいかえそうiikaesō

  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言い返せいいかえせiikaese
    2. ban言い返すないいかえすなiikaesu 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言い返せばいいかえせばiikaeseba
    2. negative言い返さなければいいかえさなければiikaesanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain言い返させるいいかえさせるiikaesaseru
    2. polite言い返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言い返させられるいいかえさせられるiikaesaserareru
    2. polite言い返させられますいいかえさせられますiikaesaseraremasu