Present and future
now, habits, and what is to come
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI change | ||
| NegativeI don’t change |
Conjugation
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Past
finished actions
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI changed | ||
| NegativeI didn’t change |
Te-form
て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| て-formchanging, and… | ||
| Doing now (て います)I am changing | ||
| Please (て ください)please change |
Potential
可能形 · “can”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI can change | ||
| NegativeI can’t change |
Want to
たい形 · “want to”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI want to change | ||
| NegativeI don’t want to change |
Volitional
意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| Let’slet’s change |
Conditional
条件形 · “if” and “when”
- If (ば) if I change
- If, when (たら) if I change
Commands and requests
命令形 · from gentle to blunt
- Do it (なさい) change (do it)
- Plain command change!
- Please don’t please don’t change
Passive and causative
受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”
| Form | Polite | Plain |
|---|---|---|
| PassiveI am changed | ||
| CausativeI make someone change |
How to use へんこう する
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present and future
よやく の じかん を へんこう します。
I'm changing the reservation time.
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Past
ひこうき の びん を ごご に へんこう した。
I changed my flight to the afternoon.
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Te-form
じゅうしょ を へんこう して いない から、 てがみ が こない。
I haven't changed my address, so the letters don't come.
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Potential
しゅっぱつび は いちど だけ へんこう できます。
The departure date can be changed only once.
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Want to
かいぎ の ひ を へんこう したい ん です が。
I'd like to change the day of the meeting.
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Volitional
よてい を へんこう しよう か。
Shall we change the plan?
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Conditional
いま へんこう すれば、 てすうりょう は かかりません。
If you change it now, there's no fee.
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Commands and requests
かって に パスワード を へんこう しないで ください。
Please don't change the password on your own.
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Passive and causative
しゅっぱつ の じかん が へんこう されました。
The departure time has been changed.
Good to know
- へんこう する is the office word for changing a date, a booking or an address; in talk, かえる.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: する verb.