間違える

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
間 違
ま
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 まちがえ​る
まちが​える
Imperative (命令形) 間違えろ まちがえ​ろ
まちが​えろ
Key constructions
Passive 間違えられる まちがえられ​る
Causative 間違えさせる まちがえさせ​る
Potential - - -
Volitional 間違えよう まちがえよ​ー
Negative 間違えない まちがえ​ない
まちが​えない
Negative perfective 間違えなかった まちがえ​なかった
まちが​えなかった
Formal 間違えます まちがえま​す
Perfective 間違えた まちが​えた
Conjunctive 間違えて まちが​えて
Hypothetical conditional 間違えれば まちがえ​れば
まちが​えれば

Verb

間(ま)違(ちが)える • (machigaeru) ←まちがへる (matigaferu)?transitive ichidan (stem 間(ま)違(ちが)え (machigae), past 間(ま)違(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)
    私(わたし)は英(えい)語(ご)を話(はな)すと必(かなら)ず間(ま)違(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
    人(ひと)はよく僕(ぼく)を僕(ぼく)の兄(あに)と間(ま)違(ちが)える。
    Hito wa yoku boku o boku no ani to machigaeru.
    People always mistake me for my brother.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "間違える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 間違え まちがえ machigae
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 間違え まちがえ machigae
Shūshikei ("terminal") 間違える まちがえる machigaeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 間違える まちがえる machigaeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 間違えれ まちがえれ machigaere
Meireikei ("imperative") 間違えよ¹
間違えろ² 		まちがえよ¹
まちがえろ² 		machigaeyo¹
machigaero²
Key constructions
Passive 間違えられる まちがえられる machigaerareru
Causative 間違えさせる
間違えさす 		まちがえさせる
まちがえさす 		machigaesaseru
machigaesasu
Potential 間違えられる
間違えれる³ 		まちがえられる
まちがえれる³ 		machigaerareru
machigaereru³
Volitional 間違えよう まちがえよう machigaeyō
Negative 間違えない
間違えぬ
間違えん 		まちがえない
まちがえぬ
まちがえん 		machigaenai
machigaenu
machigaen
Negative continuative 間違えず まちがえず machigaezu
Formal 間違えます まちがえます machigaemasu
Perfective 間違えた まちがえた machigaeta
Conjunctive 間違えて まちがえて machigaete
Hypothetical conditional 間違えれば まちがえれば machigaereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential
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