裏返す (uragaesu) conjugation
to turn inside out, to turn (something) over
裏返す (うらがえす, uragaesu) 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 | 裏返す uragaesu | 裏返します uragaeshimasu | The form you look up. Also the casual present and future. |
| Plain negative | 裏返さない uragaesanai | 裏返しません uragaeshimasen | “doesn’t / won’t”. From here it conjugates like an i-adjective. |
| Plain past | 裏返した uragaeshita | 裏返しました uragaeshimashita | The casual past — same ending as the te-form, with た/だ. |
| Plain past negative | 裏返さなかった uragaesanakatta | 裏返しませんでした uragaeshimasendeshita | “didn’t”. The negative past, still i-adjective-shaped. |
| Te-form | 裏返して uragaeshite | — | The connector: requests, linking clauses, ~ている. |
| Progressive (~ている) | 裏返している uragaeshiteiru | 裏返しています uragaeshiteimasu | “is ~ing”, or an ongoing resulting state. |
| Desire (~たい) | 裏返したい uragaeshitai | 裏返したいです uragaeshitaidesu | “want to ~”. Behaves as an i-adjective. |
| Volitional | 裏返そう uragaesou | 裏返しましょう uragaeshimashou | “let’s ~” / “I think I’ll ~”. |
| Potential | 裏返せる uragaeseru | 裏返せます uragaesemasu | “can ~”. What you could do; the object often takes が. |
| Passive | 裏返される uragaesareru | 裏返されます uragaesaremasu | “is ~ed”. Also the honorific and the suffering passive. |
| Causative | 裏返させる uragaesaseru | 裏返させます uragaesasemasu | Make or let someone do it. |
| Causative-passive | 裏返させられる uragaesaserareru | 裏返させられます uragaesaseraremasu | Be made to do it — the long one. |
| Imperative | 裏返せ uragaese | 裏返してください uragaeshitekudasai | Blunt order. Use ~てください in real life. |
| Prohibitive | 裏返すな uragaesuna | — | “don’t!” — dictionary form + な. |
| Conditional (~ば) | 裏返せば uragaeseba | — | “if ~”. General rules and hypotheticals. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 裏返したら uragaeshitara | — | “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.