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Chigau and Machigau 2016/3/15 22:54
What is the difference between machigau and chigau? I heard chigau means "wrong" and machigau is "mistaken" or "to make a mistake". So are they interchangable? Then which and what would i use and say for "wrong number" and "I answered a question wrongly/got a question wrong"

And what is the difference between machigau, machigai, and machigae? Really hope someone can help me with this, I'm confused and its bugging me.

Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu
by Bryan (guest)  

Re: Chigau and Machigau 2016/3/17 00:25
Hi:) I'm a native Japanese speaker but not a specialist.

We can say ' machigatteiru number' or ' chigau number'.
(Actually number was mistaken but ' machigaerareta number' is not natural expression)
Someone makes a 'mistake' and the number become 'wrong'.

Someone machigau(verb) and the number is ' chigau(adjective)'
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Re: Chigau and Machigau 2016/3/18 01:28
"chigau" means different. "chigau kotae" is a different answer. "hito chigai" is a wrong but different person.
"machigau" means to make an error. or be wrong. If I say "machigai masita", it means I made an error or I was wrong. "machigai denwa" means a wrong phone call. "machigae+te" is in error. "machigaete denwa shita/shimasita" is I made a wrong phone call or punched phone numbers in error. "machigatta kotaeta" is a wrong answer.



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Re: Chigau and Machigau 2016/3/18 06:09
You need a better dictionary...
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