返る

かえるkaeru

return

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ru.

Conjugated like なる, やる, 知る, 回る, 嫌がる, ぶつかる

  • Godan, not ichidan

    It ends in -iru or -eru, but it is a godan verb: 返ります, 返らない.

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返りますかえりますkaerimasu
    2. negative返りませんかえりませんkaerimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative返りましたかえりましたkaerimashita
    2. negative返りませんでしたかえりませんでしたkaerimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 返ってかえってkaette
    2. request返ってくださいかえってくださいkaette kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 返りましょうかえりましょうkaerimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative返りたいかえりたいkaeritai
    2. negative返りたくないかえりたくないkaeritakunai
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返るかえるkaeru
    2. negative返らないかえらないkaeranai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative返ったかえったkaetta
    2. negative返らなかったかえらなかったkaeranakatta

  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返っているかえっているkaette iru
    2. polite返っていますかえっていますkaette imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain返れるかえれるkaereru
    2. polite返れますかえれますkaeremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 返ったらかえったらkaettara

  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返られるかえられるkaerareru
    2. polite返られますかえられますkaeraremasu
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. 返ろうかえろうkaerō

  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返れかえれkaere
    2. ban返るなかえるなkaeru 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返ればかえればkaereba
    2. negative返らなければかえらなければkaeranakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain返らせるかえらせるkaeraseru
    2. polite返らせますかえらせますkaerasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain返らせられるかえらせられるkaeraserareru
    2. polite返らせられますかえらせられますkaeraseraremasu