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JAPANESE VERB

きがえる

着替える

to get changed

  • #385 most used
  • Ichidan verb (ru-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI get changed
NegativeI don’t get changed

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI got changed
NegativeI didn’t get changed

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formgetting changed, and…
Doing now (て います)I am getting changed
Please (て ください)please get changed

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can get changed
NegativeI can’t get changed

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to get changed
NegativeI don’t want to get changed

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s get changed

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I get changed
  2. If, when (たら) if I get changed

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am gotten changed
CausativeI make someone get changed

How to use きがえる

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

  1. Present and future

    いえ に かえったら、 すぐ きがえます。

    When I get home, I change right away.

  2. Past

    あせ を かいた ので、 シャツ を きがえた。

    I'd got sweaty, so I changed my shirt.

  3. Te-form

    ぬれた ふく を はやく きがえて ください。

    Please change out of those wet clothes quickly.

  4. Potential

    どこ で みずぎ に きがえられます か。

    Where can I change into my swimsuit?

  5. Want to

    らくな ふく に きがえたい。

    I want to change into comfortable clothes.

  6. Volitional

    パーティー の まえ に、 いえ で きがえよう。

    Let's change at home before the party.

  7. Conditional

    きがえれば、 きぶん も かわる よ。

    If you change your clothes, your mood changes too.

  8. Commands and requests

    はやく きがえなさい。 ちこく する よ。

    Hurry up and get changed. You'll be late.

  9. Passive and causative

    はは は あかちゃん に なんかい も きがえさせた。

    My mother changed the baby's clothes many times.

Good to know

  • きがえる is to change your clothes; what you change into takes に: パジャマ に きがえる. きがえ is the change of clothes.

Where you hear きがえる

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Japanese · Intermediate Level 2

  • しごと の あと、 びょういん で きがえる。 After work, I change at the hospital.
  • しあい の あと、 すぐ きがえた。 I changed straight after the game.
  • あした は スーツ に きがえる。 Tomorrow, I'll change into a suit.
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Kenta's Speech

Intermediate Level 2 · きがえました

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: ichidan verb (ru-verb).