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JAPANESE VERB

なおす

直す

to fix, to adjust

  • #110 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 fix
NegativeI don’t fix

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI fixed
NegativeI didn’t fix

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formfixing, and…
Doing now (て います)I am fixing
Please (て ください)please fix

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can fix
NegativeI can’t fix

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s fix

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am fixed
CausativeI make someone fix

How to use なおす

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

  1. Present and future

    ちち は なんでも じぶん で なおします。

    My father fixes everything himself.

  2. Past

    こわれた いす を なおした。

    I fixed the broken chair.

  3. Te-form

    この ぶんしょう、 まちがい を なおして ください。

    Please correct the mistakes in this text.

  4. Potential

    じてんしゃ なら、 じぶん で なおせる。

    If it's a bike, I can fix it myself.

  5. Want to

    ねぼう の くせ を なおしたい。

    I want to break my habit of oversleeping.

  6. Volitional

    この あな、 いっしょ に なおそう。

    Let's fix this hole together.

  7. Conditional

    ここ を なおせば、 また つかえる。

    If you fix this part, it'll work again.

  8. Commands and requests

    じぶん で なおさないで ください。 きけん です。

    Please don't fix it yourself. It's dangerous.

  9. Passive and causative

    まちがい を せんせい に なおされた。

    The teacher corrected my mistakes.

Good to know

  • なおす is to fix a thing or a mistake; a person gets better with なおる.

Where you hear なおす

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

Japanese · Intermediate Level 1

  • ゆびわ の サイズ を なおします。 I adjust ring sizes.
  • こわれた いす を なおした。 I fixed the broken chair.
  • あした、 とけい を なおす。 Tomorrow I'll fix the clock.
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The Ring

Intermediate Level 1 · なおす

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Verbs like this one

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