返す

かえすkaesu

return

Godan verb, group 1, ending -su.

Conjugated like 出す, 探す, 話す, 渡す, 消す, 潰す

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返しますかえしますkaeshimasu
    2. negative返しませんかえしませんkaeshimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative返しましたかえしましたkaeshimashita
    2. negative返しませんでしたかえしませんでしたkaeshimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 返してかえしてkaeshite
    2. request返してくださいかえしてくださいkaeshite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 返しましょうかえしましょうkaeshimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative返したいかえしたいkaeshitai
    2. negative返したくないかえしたくないkaeshitakunai
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返すかえすkaesu
    2. negative返さないかえさないkaesanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative返したかえしたkaeshita
    2. negative返さなかったかえさなかったkaesanakatta

  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返しているかえしているkaeshite iru
    2. polite返していますかえしていますkaeshite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain返せるかえせるkaeseru
    2. polite返せますかえせますkaesemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 返したらかえしたらkaeshitara

  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返されるかえされるkaesareru
    2. polite返されますかえされますkaesaremasu
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. 返そうかえそうkaesō

  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返せかえせkaese
    2. ban返すなかえすなkaesu 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返せばかえせばkaeseba
    2. negative返さなければかえさなければkaesanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain返させるかえさせるkaesaseru
    2. polite返させますかえさせますkaesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain返させられるかえさせられるkaesaserareru
    2. polite返させられますかえさせられますkaesaseraremasu