引っ繰り返る (hikkurikaeru) conjugation
to be overturned, to be upset, to topple over, to be reversed
引っ繰り返る (ひっくりかえる, hikkurikaeru) is a godan verb. Godan verbs change their final kana up and down its column of the kana chart — the a-row for negatives, the i-row before ます, the e-row for potential and ば. Every form below is tappable — hear it, then say it back.
Conjugation table
| Form | Plain (casual) | Polite (~ます) | When you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary / plain | 引っ繰り返る hikkurikaeru | 引っ繰り返ります hikkurikaerimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 引っ繰り返らない hikkurikaeranai | 引っ繰り返りません hikkurikaerimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 引っ繰り返った hikkurikaetta | 引っ繰り返りました hikkurikaerimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 引っ繰り返らなかった hikkurikaeranakatta | 引っ繰り返りませんでした hikkurikaerimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 引っ繰り返って hikkurikaette | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 引っ繰り返っている hikkurikaetteiru | 引っ繰り返っています hikkurikaetteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 引っ繰り返りたい hikkurikaeritai | 引っ繰り返りたいです hikkurikaeritaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 引っ繰り返ろう hikkurikaerou | 引っ繰り返りましょう hikkurikaerimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 引っ繰り返れる hikkurikaereru | 引っ繰り返れます hikkurikaeremasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 引っ繰り返られる hikkurikaerareru | 引っ繰り返られます hikkurikaeraremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 引っ繰り返らせる hikkurikaeraseru | 引っ繰り返らせます hikkurikaerasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 引っ繰り返らされる hikkurikaerasareru | 引っ繰り返らされます hikkurikaerasaremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 引っ繰り返れ hikkurikaere | 引っ繰り返ってください hikkurikaettekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 引っ繰り返るな hikkurikaeruna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 引っ繰り返れば hikkurikaereba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 引っ繰り返ったら hikkurikaettara | — | “if / when ~”. The everyday conditional. |
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Why it conjugates this way
Godan verbs change their final kana up and down its column of the kana chart — the a-row for negatives, the i-row before ます, the e-row for potential and ば.
See the full rules on the verb conjugation guide.