換える

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
換
か
Grade: S
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese かふ (kapu), in the 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) pattern.

Development
Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.

Cognate with 変(か)える (kaeru), 替(か)える (kaeru) and 代(か)える (kaeru).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「換える」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		換える かえる
Imperative (命令形) 換えろ かえろ
Key constructions
Passive 換えられる かえられる
Causative 換えさせる かえさせる
Potential 換えられる かえられる
Volitional 換えよう かえよー
Negative 換えない かえない
Negative perfective 換えなかった かえなかった
Formal 換えます かえます
Perfective 換えた かえた
Conjunctive 換えて かえて
Hypothetical conditional 換えれば かえれば

Verb

換(か)える • (kaeru) ←かへる (kaferu)?transitive ichidan (stem 換(か)え (kae), past 換(か)えた (kaeta))

Japanese verb pair
active 換える
mediopassive 換わる
  1. exchange, change for

Conjugation

Conjugation of "換える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 換え かえ kae
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 換え かえ kae
Shūshikei ("terminal") 換える かえる kaeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 換える かえる kaeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 換えれ かえれ kaere
Meireikei ("imperative") 換えよ¹
換えろ² 		かえよ¹
かえろ² 		kaeyo¹
kaero²
Key constructions
Passive 換えられる かえられる kaerareru
Causative 換えさせる
換えさす 		かえさせる
かえさす 		kaesaseru
kaesasu
Potential 換えられる
換えれる³ 		かえられる
かえれる³ 		kaerareru
kaereru³
Volitional 換えよう かえよう kaeyō
Negative 換えない
換えぬ
換えん 		かえない
かえぬ
かえん 		kaenai
kaenu
kaen
Negative continuative 換えず かえず kaezu
Formal 換えます かえます kaemasu
Perfective 換えた かえた kaeta
Conjunctive 換えて かえて kaete
Hypothetical conditional 換えれば かえれば kaereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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