間違う

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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 「間違う」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		間違う まちがう
Imperative (命令形) 間違え まちがえ
Key constructions
Passive 間違われる まちがわれる
Causative 間違わせる まちがわせる
Potential - - -
Volitional 間違おう まちがおー
Negative 間違わない まちがわない
Negative perfective 間違わなかった まちがわなかった
Formal 間違います まちがいます
Perfective 間違った まちがった
Conjunctive 間違って まちがって
Hypothetical conditional 間違えば まちがえば

Verb

間(ま)違(ちが)う • (machigau) ←まちがふ (matigafu)?transitive or intransitive godan (stem 間(ま)違(ちが)い (machigai), past 間(ま)違(ちが)った (machigatta))

Japanese verb pair
active 間違える
mediopassive 間違う
  1. to be wrong; to be incorrect
    間(ま)違(ちが)った考(かんが)え方(かた)
    machigatta kangaekata
    an incorrect way of thinking
    この手(て)紙(がみ)は住(じゅう)所(しょ)が間(ま)違(ちが)っている。
    Kono tegami wa jūsho ga machigatte iru.
    The address on this letter is wrong.
  2. to make a mistake; to err
    計(けい)算(さん)を間(ま)違(ちが)った。
    Keisan o machigatta.
    I made a mistake in calculating.
  3. to confuse, to mistake something for something else

Conjugation

Conjugation of "間違う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 間違わ まちがわ machigawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 間違い まちがい machigai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 間違う まちがう machigau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 間違う まちがう machigau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 間違え まちがえ machigae
Meireikei ("imperative") 間違え まちがえ machigae
Key constructions
Passive 間違われる まちがわれる machigawareru
Causative 間違わせる
間違わす 		まちがわせる
まちがわす 		machigawaseru
machigawasu
Potential 間違える まちがえる machigaeru
Volitional 間違おう まちがおう machigaō
Negative 間違わない まちがわない machigawanai
Negative continuative 間違わず まちがわず machigawazu
Formal 間違います まちがいます machigaimasu
Perfective 間違った まちがった machigatta
Conjunctive 間違って まちがって machigatte
Hypothetical conditional 間違えば まちがえば machigaeba
Classical conjugation of "間違ふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 間違は まちがは matigafa
Continuative (連用形) 間違ひ まちがひ matigafi
Terminal (終止形) 間違ふ まちがふ matigafu
Attributive (連体形) 間違ふ まちがふ matigafu
Realis (已然形) 間違へ まちがへ matigafe
Imperative (命令形) 間違へ まちがへ matigafe
Key constructions
Negative 間違はず まちがはず matigafazu
Contrasting conjunction 間違へど まちがへど matigafedo
Causal conjunction 間違へば まちがへば matigafeba
Conditional conjunction 間違はば まちがはば matigafaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 間違ひき まちがひき matigafiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 間違ひけり まちがひけり matigafikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 間違ひつ まちがひつ matigafitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 間違ひぬ まちがひぬ matigafinu
Perfect-continuative tense 間違へり
間違ひたり		 まちがへり
まちがひたり		 matigaferi
matigafitari
Volitional 間違はむ まちがはむ matigafamu

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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