間違える
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Japanese [edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
| 間 | 違 |
Verb [edit]
間違える (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana まちがえる, romaji machigaeru)
- to make a mistake in
- to make an error (i.e. in calculation)
- to confuse, to mistake something for something else
Conjugation [edit]
Conjugation of "間違える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | Imperfective (未然形) | 間違え | まちがえ | machigae |
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| Continuative (連用形) | 間違え | まちがえ | machigae | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 間違える | まちがえる | machigaeru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 間違える | まちがえる | machigaeru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 間違えれ | まちがえれ | machigaere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 間違えよ¹ 間違えろ² |
まちがえよ¹ まちがえろ² |
machigaeyo¹ machigaero² |
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| Key constructions | Passive | 間違えられる | まちがえられる | machigaerareru |
| Causative | 間違えさせる 間違えさす |
まちがえさせる まちがえさす |
machigaesaseru machigaesasu |
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| Potential | 間違えられる 間違えれる³ |
まちがえられる まちがえれる³ |
machigaerareru machigaereru³ |
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| Volitional | 間違えよう | まちがえよう | machigaeyō | |
| Negative | 間違えない 間違えぬ 間違えん |
まちがえない まちがえぬ まちがえん |
machigaenai machigaenu machigaen |
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| Negative continuative | 間違えず | まちがえず | machigaezu | |
| Formal | 間違えます | まちがえます | machigaemasu | |
| Perfective | 間違えた | まちがえた | machigaeta | |
| Conjunctive | 間違えて | まちがえて | machigaete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 間違えれば | まちがえれば | machigaereba | |
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¹ Written imperative |
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Usage notes [edit]
- Hito wa yoku watashi wo watashi no ani to machigaeru.
- People always mistake me for my brother.