Make a mistake, be wrong in Japanese 🇯🇵

まちがう info.

Tips to Remember the Japanese Word まちがう:
– Think of "machigau" as “ma, chia and go,” indicating straying from the correct path.
– Make a connection between "machigau" and "mistake" by the shared 'ma' sound.

Explanations:
– The verb "まちがう" (machigau) means "to make a mistake" or "to be wrong."

Other Words that Mean the Same Thing:
– 誤る (あやまる, ayamaru) – to make a mistake, to err.
– ミスをする (ミスをする, misu o suru) – to make a mistake (derived from English ‘miss’).

Conjugations of まちがう:

1. Present (Non-past):
– Affirmative: まちがう (machigau)
– Negative: まちがわない (machigawanai)

2. Past:
– Affirmative: まちがった (machigatta)
– Negative: まちがわなかった (machigawanakatta)

3. Te-form:
– まちがって (machigatte)

4. Potential (can do something):
– まちがえる (machigaeru)

5. Volitional (let's do something):
– まちがおう (machigaou)

6. Imperative:
– Affirmative: まちがえ (machigae)
– Negative: まちがうな (machigauna)

7. Conditional:
– まちがえば (machigaeba)
– まちがわなければ (machigawanakereba)

Examples of Sentences Using まちがう:

1. 私は答えをまちがった。
– Watashi wa kotae o machigatta.
– I made a mistake on the answer.

2. ここでまちがってはいけません。
– Koko de machigatte wa ikemasen.
– You must not make a mistake here.

3. 彼はいつも何かをまちがう。
– Kare wa itsumo nanika o machigau.
– He always makes some kind of mistake.

4. まちがえないでください。
– Machigaenaide kudasai.
– Please don’t make a mistake.

5. まちがえることもありますよ。
– Machigaeru koto mo arimasu yo.
– There are times when we can make mistakes, you know.

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