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JAPANESE VERB

のりかえる

乗り換える

to change trains

  • #312 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 change trains
NegativeI don’t change trains

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI changed trains
NegativeI didn’t change trains

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formchanging trains, and…
Doing now (て います)I am changing trains
Please (て ください)please change trains

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can change trains
NegativeI can’t change trains

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to change trains
NegativeI don’t want to change trains

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s change trains

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am changed trains
CausativeI make someone change trains

How to use のりかえる

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

  1. Present and future

    とうきょう えき で のりかえます。

    You change at Tokyo station.

  2. Past

    しぶや で ぎんざせん に のりかえました。

    I changed to the Ginza line at Shibuya.

  3. Te-form

    つぎ の えき で のりかえて ください。

    Please change at the next station.

  4. Potential

    ここ で くうこう いき に のりかえられます か。

    Can I change here for the airport?

  5. Want to

    のりかえたく ない から、 ちょくつう に のります。

    I don't want to change trains, so I'll take the direct one.

  6. Volitional

    つぎ で きゅうこう に のりかえよう。

    Let's change to the express at the next stop.

  7. Conditional

    ここ で のりかえれば、 じゅっぷん はやく つきます。

    If you change here, you'll arrive ten minutes earlier.

  8. Commands and requests

    まちがえないで、 うえの で のりかえなさい。

    Don't get it wrong, change at Ueno.

  9. Passive and causative

    ガイド は みんな を バス に のりかえさせました。

    The guide had everyone change to the bus.

Good to know

  • Change at a station with で and to a line with に: しんじゅく で ちゅうおうせん に のりかえます.

Where you hear のりかえる

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Japanese · Beginner Level 1

  • いつも とうきょう えき で のりかえます。 I always change at Tokyo station.
  • かんだ で のりかえました。 I changed at Kanda.
  • あした は うえの で のりかえます。 Tomorrow I'll change at Ueno.
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The Subway

Beginner Level 1 · のりかえます

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Verbs like this one

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