間違える

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
ちが
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「間違える
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
間違える ちがえ
ちがえる

Imperative (命令形) 間違えろ ちがえ
ちがえろ

Key constructions
Passive 間違えられる ちがえられ
Causative 間違えさせる ちがえさせ
Potential - - -
Volitional 間違えよう ちがえよ
Negative 間違えない ちがえない
ちがえない

Negative perfective 間違えなかった ちがえなかった
ちがえなかった

Formal 間違えます ちがえま
Perfective 間違えた ちがえた
Conjunctive 間違えて ちがえて
Hypothetical conditional 間違えれば ちがえれば
ちがえれば

Verb

()(ちが)える (machigaeruまちがへる (matigaferu)?transitive ichidan (stem ()(ちが) (machigae), past ()(ちが)えた (machigaeta))

Japanese verb pair
active 間違える
mediopassive 間違う
  1. to make a mistake; to make an error (i.e. in calculation)
    (わたし)(えい)()(はな)(かなら)()(ちが)える
    Watashi wa Eigo o hanasu to kanarazu machigaeru.
    Whenever I speak English, I always make mistakes.
  2. to confuse, to mistake something for something else
    (ひと)よく(ぼく)(ぼく)(あに)()(ちが)える
    Hito wa yoku boku o boku no ani to machigaeru.
    People always mistake me for my brother.

Conjugation