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JAPANESE VERB

くりかえす

繰り返す

to repeat

  • #216 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 repeat
NegativeI don’t repeat

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI repeated
NegativeI didn’t repeat

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formrepeating, and…
Doing now (て います)I am repeating
Please (て ください)please repeat

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can repeat
NegativeI can’t repeat

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to repeat
NegativeI don’t want to repeat

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s repeat

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am repeated
CausativeI make someone repeat

How to use くりかえす

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

  1. Present and future

    せんせい の あと に くりかえします。

    Repeat after the teacher.

  2. Past

    おなじ ミス を また くりかえした。

    I made the same mistake again.

  3. Te-form

    すみません、 もう いちど くりかえして ください。

    Sorry, could you repeat that once more?

  4. Potential

    この ぶん、 みないで くりかえせます か？

    Can you repeat this sentence without looking?

  5. Want to

    おなじ しっぱい は くりかえしたくない。

    I don't want to repeat the same failure.

  6. Volitional

    わかる まで なんど も くりかえそう。

    Let's repeat it as many times as it takes to understand.

  7. Conditional

    まいにち くりかえせば、 しぜん に おぼえます。

    If you repeat it every day, you'll remember it naturally.

  8. Commands and requests

    きいた とおり に くりかえしなさい。

    Repeat it exactly as you heard it.

  9. Passive and causative

    おなじ しつもん を なんど も くりかえされました。

    I was asked the same question over and over.

Where you hear くりかえす

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

Japanese · Beginner Level 2

  • がくせい は いつも くりかえします。 The students always repeat.
  • なんかい も くりかえしました。 I repeated it many times.
  • もう いちど くりかえします。 I'll repeat it once more.
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The First Class

Beginner Level 2 · くりかえして ください

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Verbs like this one

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