Ichidan verb

変えるかえる

kaeru

to change · N4

Also read かえる: 帰る (go home), 替える (replace), 返る (come back). All 4 words

変える (かえる, kaeru) — to change — is an ichidan verb: 変えて (te-form), 変えた (past), 変えない (negative), 変えます (polite).

It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to alter; to transform.

How 変える conjugates · ichidan verb

Drop the る, then add the ending.

Nothing else moves: every ending attaches straight to the stem 変え. That is what makes ichidan the easy class.

変える dropsstem + ending

変えない変えないnegative · I don't change it. 変えます変えますpolite present 変えて変えてte-form · I change it and … 変えた変えたpast · I changed it. 変えられる変えられるpotential · I can change it. 変えれば変えればif · If I change it, ... 変えよう変えようvolitional · Let's change it.

No sound changes and no vowel rows. The catch is telling ichidan from godan: plenty of godan verbs end in る too.

N3 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.

PLAIN

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present	変えるかえる kaeru
past I changed it.	変えたかえた kaeta
negative I don't change it.	変えないかえない kaenai
te-form I change it and …	変えてかえて kaete
past negative I didn't change it.	変えなかったかえなかった kaenakatta
volitional Let's change it.	変えようかえよう kaeyou
potential N3 I can change it.	変えられるかえられる kaerareru
cond. ば N3 If I change it, ...	変えればかえれば kaereba
cond. たら N3 When I change it, ...	変えたらかえたら kaetara
passive N2 It gets changed.	変えられるかえられる kaerareru
causative N2 I let someone change it.	変えさせるかえさせる kaesaseru
imperative N1 Change it!	変えろかえろ kaero

POLITE

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present	変えますかえます kaemasu
past I changed it.	変えましたかえました kaemashita
negative I don't change it.	変えませんかえません kaemasen
past negative I didn't change it.	変えませんでしたかえませんでした kaemasendeshita
volitional Let's change it.	変えましょうかえましょう kaemashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている I'm changing it.	変えているかえている kaeteiru
ていた I was changing it.	変えていたかえていた kaeteita
ています I'm changing it.	変えていますかえています kaeteimasu
ていました I was changing it.	変えていましたかえていました kaeteimashita