Make a mistake, fail at in Japanese 🇯🇵

まちがえる info.

### Tips to Remember the Japanese Word
– まちがえる (machigaeru): Imagine making a mistake while trying to match two puzzle pieces (match → machi), and then you scream "ga" because it didn’t fit, remembering the "eru" at the end.

### Explanations
– まちがえる (machigaeru): This verb means "to make a mistake" or "to fail at something."

### Other Words that Mean the Same Thing
– ミスする (misu suru): To make a mistake (borrowed from English "mistake")
– 失敗する (しっぱいする, shippai suru): To fail
– 間違い (まちがい, machigai): Mistake (noun form)

### Different Conjugations
– Present/Future Tense (Non-past): まちがえる (machigaeru)
– 兄はよく答えをまちがえる。 (Ani wa yoku kotae o machigaeru.)
– My brother often makes mistakes in his answers.

– Past Tense: まちがえた (machigaeta)
– 私はその問題をまちがえた。 (Watashi wa sono mondai o machigaeta.)
– I made a mistake on that problem.

– Negative Form:
– Present/Future: まちがえない (machigaenai)
– 彼は滅多にまちがえない。 (Kare wa metta ni machigaenai.)
– He rarely makes mistakes.
– Past: まちがえなかった (machigaenakatta)
– 昨日は何もまちがえなかった。 (Kinō wa nani mo machigaenakatta.)
– I didn’t make any mistakes yesterday.

– Te-form: まちがえて (machigaete)
– まちがえてごめんなさい。 (Machigaete gomen nasai.)
– Sorry for making a mistake.

– Conditional (if): まちがえれば (machigaereba)
– まちがえれば、もう一度やり直す。 (Machigaereba, mō ichido yarinaosu.)
– If you make a mistake, do it over again.

– Potential (can/may): まちがえられる (machigaerareru)
– 誰でもまちがえられる。 (Dare demo machigaerareru.)
– Anyone can make mistakes.

### Examples of Sentences
– 先生は学生がまちがえたところを訂正した。 (Sensei wa gakusei ga machigaeta tokoro o teisei a.)
– The teacher corrected the mistakes that the students made.

– 注意していても、まちがえることがある。 (Chūi e ite mo, machigaeru koto ga aru.)
– Even if you are careful, there are times when you make mistakes.

– 試験でまちがえないように気をつけてください。 (Shiken de machigaenai yō ni ki o tsukete kudasai.)
– Please be careful not to make mistakes on the exam.

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