繰り返す (kurikaesu) conjugation
to repeat, to do something over again
繰り返す (くりかえす, kurikaesu) 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 | 繰り返す kurikaesu | 繰り返します kurikaeshimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 繰り返さない kurikaesanai | 繰り返しません kurikaeshimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 繰り返した kurikaeshita | 繰り返しました kurikaeshimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 繰り返さなかった kurikaesanakatta | 繰り返しませんでした kurikaeshimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 繰り返して kurikaeshite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 繰り返している kurikaeshiteiru | 繰り返しています kurikaeshiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 繰り返したい kurikaeshitai | 繰り返したいです kurikaeshitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 繰り返そう kurikaesou | 繰り返しましょう kurikaeshimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 繰り返せる kurikaeseru | 繰り返せます kurikaesemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 繰り返される kurikaesareru | 繰り返されます kurikaesaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 繰り返させる kurikaesaseru | 繰り返させます kurikaesasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 繰り返させられる kurikaesaserareru | 繰り返させられます kurikaesaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 繰り返せ kurikaese | 繰り返してください kurikaeshitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 繰り返すな kurikaesuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 繰り返せば kurikaeseba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 繰り返したら kurikaeshitara | — | “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.