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JAPANESE VERB

とりかえる

取り替える

to exchange, to swap

  • #349 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 exchange
NegativeI don’t exchange

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI exchanged
NegativeI didn’t exchange

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formexchanging, and…
Doing now (て います)I am exchanging
Please (て ください)please exchange

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can exchange
NegativeI can’t exchange

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

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

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s exchange

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

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

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

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

Passive and causative

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

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am exchanged
CausativeI make someone exchange

How to use とりかえる

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

  1. Present and future

    まいしゅう シーツ を とりかえます。

    I change the sheets every week.

  2. Past

    でんきゅう を あたらしい の に とりかえた。

    I replaced the light bulb with a new one.

  3. Te-form

    この コップ、 よごれて いる ので とりかえて ください。

    This glass is dirty, so please change it.

  4. Potential

    サイズ が あわなければ、 とりかえられます か。

    If the size doesn't fit, can I exchange it?

  5. Want to

    せき を まど がわ に とりかえたい。

    I'd like to swap my seat for a window seat.

  6. Volitional

    タイヤ を ふゆよう に とりかえよう。

    Let's change the tyres to winter ones.

  7. Conditional

    でんち を とりかえれば、 また うごく よ。

    If you change the battery, it'll work again.

  8. Commands and requests

    ぬれた くつした は すぐ とりかえなさい。

    Change those wet socks right away.

  9. Passive and causative

    るす の あいだ に、 かぎ が とりかえられて いた。

    While I was out, the lock had been changed.

Good to know

  • とりかえる is to swap one thing for another: a dead battery, a dirty towel, a wrong size; こうかん する is the office word, and also to exchange with someone.

Verbs like this one

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