Japanese 乗り換える: changing vehicles

The idea

乗のり換かえる is a ichidan verb. Its polite non-past is 乗のり換かえます, polite negative 乗のり換かえません, polite past 乗のり換かえました, and て form 乗のり換かえて. The non-past can express a habit or a future event, depending on context. に marks the new vehicle, から the previous one and で the place of transfer.

Examples

• 駅えきで電車でんしゃに乗のり換かえます。I change to a train at the station.
• 次つぎの駅えきでバスに乗のり換かえてください。Please change to a bus at the next station.
• 昨日きのう、電車でんしゃから地下鉄ちかてつに乗のり換かえました。Yesterday I changed from the train to the subway.
• 今日きょうは乗のり換かえません。I will not change vehicles today.
• 大阪おおさかで新幹線しんかんせんに乗のり換かえます。I change to the Shinkansen in Osaka.
• 電車でんしゃを降おりて、バスに乗のり換かえます。I get off the train and change to a bus.

Watch out

Do not add て directly to the dictionary form 乗のり換かえる; the correct て form is 乗のり換かえて.

Try it yourself

1. ＿。（乗のり換かえる→ます）

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   乗り換えます

   乗のり換かえます is the polite non-past of 乗のり換かえる; context determines whether it describes a habit or the future.

2. ＿。（乗のり換かえる→て）

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   乗り換えて

   乗のり換かえて is the て form of 乗のり換かえる; it can link one action to a following clause.

3. バス＿乗のり換かえます。（に／が）

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   に

   に is correct here. に marks the new vehicle, から the previous one and で the place of transfer.

Use it today

Make two sentences with 乗のり換かえる, one in the polite past and one negative. Check the forms and particles against the table and examples.