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JAPANESE VERB

かけなおす

かけ直す

to call back

  • #185 most used
  • Godan verb (u-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI call back
NegativeI don’t call back

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI called back
NegativeI didn’t call back

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formcalling back, and…
Doing now (て います)I am calling back
Please (て ください)please call back

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can call back
NegativeI can’t call back

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to call back
NegativeI don’t want to call back

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s call back

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I call back
  2. If, when (たら) if I call back

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) call back (do it)
  2. Plain command call back!
  3. Please don’t please don’t call back

Passive and causative

受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am called back
CausativeI make someone call back

How to use かけなおす

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present and future

    いま いそがしい ので、 あとで かけなおします。

    I'm busy now, so I'll call back later.

  2. Past

    るす でした から、 さんかい かけなおしました。

    Nobody answered, so I called back three times.

  3. Te-form

    すみません、 ごふん ご に かけなおして ください。

    Sorry, please call back in five minutes.

  4. Potential

    ベン さん、 いま かけなおせます か。

    Ben, can you call back now?

  5. Want to

    ゆい に すぐ かけなおしたい。

    I want to call Yui back right away.

  6. Volitional

    かいぎ の あと で かけなおそう。

    I'll call back after the meeting.

  7. Conditional

    よる かけなおせば、 でる と おもいます。

    If you call back in the evening, I think he'll pick up.

  8. Commands and requests

    おばあちゃん に ちゃんと かけなおしなさい。

    Call your grandma back properly.

  9. Passive and causative

    しんじん に おきゃくさん へ かけなおさせました。

    I had the new hire call the customer back.

Good to know

  • Made of かける (to make a call) and なおす (to do again): to phone again.

Where you hear かけなおす

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Japanese · Beginner Level 1

  • いそがしい とき は、 あとで かけなおします。 When I'm busy, I call back later.
  • じゅっぷん あと に かけなおしました。 I called back ten minutes later.
  • あとで かけなおします ね。 I'll call you back later.
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A Bad Line

Beginner Level 1 · かけなおします · あとで かけなおします。

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).