間違える
まちがえる
to make a mistake
Machigaeru (間違える) is an ichidan verb meaning "to make a mistake". Its polite form is 間違えます (machigaemasu), its te form is 間違えて (machigaete), its past form is 間違えた (machigaeta), and its negative form is 間違えない (machigaenai).
Ichidan verbJLPT N4
Machigaeru (間違える) conjugation quick reference
間違える means "to make a mistake". Its main forms are listed below, with links to the grammar pattern behind each form.
Machigaeru example sentences
漢字を間違えました。
I made a mistake with the kanji.
この道は間違えていません。
This road is not wrong. (I didn’t make a mistake with this road.)
時間を間違えないでください。
Please don’t make a mistake with the time.
How to use Machigaeru: grammar notes
•Use を with 間違える to show what you got wrong—for example,「漢字を間違えました」means “I made a mistake with the kanji.”
•Be careful not to say 間違いしました—that’s incorrect; the right verb is 間違える, so say 間違えました for “made a mistake.”
•You can also say 人の名前を間違えた to mean “I got someone’s name wrong”—just add the thing you messed up before を.
•JLPT N4 level
Common phrases with Machigaeru
道を間違える（みちをまちがえる）
to take the wrong road / get lost
時間を間違える（じかんをまちがえる）
to get the time wrong
人を間違える（ひとをまちがえる）
to mistake someone for someone else
Machigaeru (間違える) conjugation table
| Form | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Forms | ||
| Dictionary Form | 間違える | machigaeru |
| Masu Form | 間違えます | machigaemasu |
| Te Form | 間違えて | machigaete |
| Past Form | 間違えた | machigaeta |
| Negative Form | 間違えない | machigaenai |
| Past Negative | 間違えなかった | machigaenakatta |
| Polite Forms | ||
| Polite Present | 間違えます | machigaemasu |
| Polite Past | 間違えました | machigaemashita |
| Polite Negative | 間違えません | machigaemasen |
| Polite Past Negative | 間違えませんでした | machigaemasendeshita |
| Advanced Forms | ||
| Potential Form | 間違えられる | machigaerareru |
| Passive Form | 間違えられる | machigaerareru |
| Causative Form | 間違えさせる | machigaesaseru |
| Causative Passive | 間違えさせられる | machigaesaserareru |
| Volitional Form | 間違えよう | machigaeyou |
| Imperative Form | 間違えろ | machigaero |
| Conditional Forms | ||
| Conditional (ば) | 間違えれば | machigaereba |
| Conditional (たら) | 間違えたら | machigaetara |
| Other Forms | ||
| Progressive Form | 間違えている | machigaeteiru |
| Desire (たい) | 間違えたい | machigaetai |
| Prohibition | 間違えるな | machigaeruna |