違う

ちがうchigau

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Godan verb, group 1, ending -u.

Conjugated like 言う, 思う, 使う, 買う, もらう, 会う

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違いますちがいますchigaimasu
    2. negative違いませんちがいませんchigaimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative違いましたちがいましたchigaimashita
    2. negative違いませんでしたちがいませんでしたchigaimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 違ってちがってchigatte
    2. request違ってくださいちがってくださいchigatte kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 違いましょうちがいましょうchigaimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative違いたいちがいたいchigaitai
    2. negative違いたくないちがいたくないchigaitakunai
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違うちがうchigau
    2. negative違わないちがわないchigawanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative違ったちがったchigatta
    2. negative違わなかったちがわなかったchigawanakatta

  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違っているちがっているchigatte iru
    2. polite違っていますちがっていますchigatte imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain違えるちがえるchigaeru
    2. polite違えますちがえますchigaemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 違ったらちがったらchigattara

  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違われるちがわれるchigawareru
    2. polite違われますちがわれますchigawaremasu
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. 違おうちがおうchigaō

  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違えちがえchigae
    2. ban違うなちがうなchigau 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違えばちがえばchigaeba
    2. negative違わなければちがわなければchigawanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain違わせるちがわせるchigawaseru
    2. polite違わせますちがわせますchigawasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain違わせられるちがわせられるchigawaserareru
    2. polite違わせられますちがわせられますchigawaseraremasu