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Japanese verb帰る (kaeru) Conjugation
帰る (kaeru) means “to go home, to return”. It is a う-verb (godan) verb. It is an う-verb (godan): the last sound changes, 帰らない and 帰ります, and the te-form is 帰って. Below is its conjugation in all 14 forms, plain and polite, the same forms the Japanese verb conjugation worksheets print in their answer keys.
- Meaning
- to go home, to return
- Type
- う-verb (godan)
- Dictionary form
- 帰る
- Reading
- かえる
- Romaji
- kaeru
- Masu form
- 帰ります
- Nai form
- 帰らない
- Te-form
- 帰って
- Ta form
- 帰った
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 帰る |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 帰らない |
| Polite | 帰ります |
| Polite negative | 帰りません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 帰った |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 帰らなかった |
| Polite | 帰りました |
| Polite negative | 帰りませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 帰って |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 帰らないで |
Progressive (-te iru)ている
| Plain | 帰っている |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 帰っていない |
| Polite | 帰っています |
| Polite negative | 帰っていません |
Wanting, inviting, telling
Want to (-tai)たい形
| Plain | 帰りたい |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 帰りたくない |
| Polite | 帰りたいです |
| Polite negative | 帰りたくないです |
Volitional意向形
| Plain | 帰ろう |
|---|---|
| Polite | 帰りましょう |
Imperative and requests命令形
| Plain command | 帰れ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative (don't) | 帰るな |
| Polite request (-te kudasai) | 帰ってください |
| Polite negative (-naide kudasai) | 帰らないでください |
Can and if
Potential可能形
| Plain | 帰れる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 帰れない |
| Polite | 帰れます |
| Polite negative | 帰れません |
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 帰れば |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 帰らなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 帰ったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 帰らなかったら |
Passive and causative
Passive受身形
| Plain | 帰られる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 帰られない |
| Polite | 帰られます |
| Polite negative | 帰られません |
Causative使役形
| Plain | 帰らせる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 帰らせない |
| Polite | 帰らせます |
| Polite negative | 帰らせません |
Causative passive使役受身形
| Plain | 帰らされる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 帰らされない |
| Polite | 帰らされます |
| Polite negative | 帰らされません |
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- わかる (wakaru)to understand
- 思う (omou)to think
- 言う (iu)to say
- 知る (shiru)to know, to get to know
- 使う (tsukau)to use
- 作る (tsukuru)to make
- 入る (hairu)to enter
- 出る (deru)to leave, to go out
- 起きる (okiru)to get up, to wake up
- 寝る (neru)to sleep, to go to bed
- 住む (sumu)to live (somewhere)
- 働く (hataraku)to work
About these tables
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