折り返す (orikaesu) conjugation
to turn up, to fold back
折り返す (おりかえす, orikaesu) 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 | 折り返す orikaesu | 折り返します orikaeshimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 折り返さない orikaesanai | 折り返しません orikaeshimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 折り返した orikaeshita | 折り返しました orikaeshimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 折り返さなかった orikaesanakatta | 折り返しませんでした orikaeshimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 折り返して orikaeshite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 折り返している orikaeshiteiru | 折り返しています orikaeshiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 折り返したい orikaeshitai | 折り返したいです orikaeshitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 折り返そう orikaesou | 折り返しましょう orikaeshimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 折り返せる orikaeseru | 折り返せます orikaesemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 折り返される orikaesareru | 折り返されます orikaesaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 折り返させる orikaesaseru | 折り返させます orikaesasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 折り返させられる orikaesaserareru | 折り返させられます orikaesaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 折り返せ orikaese | 折り返してください orikaeshitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 折り返すな orikaesuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 折り返せば orikaeseba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 折り返したら orikaeshitara | — | “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.