間ま違ちがう

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

be wrong; be mistaken; be incorrect

Intransitive; describes a state of being wrong. Often used in the forms 間違っている or 間違った to mean 'is wrong' or 'was wrong/mistaken'.

• その答こたえは間ま違ちがっている。

  That answer is wrong.

• 彼かれの言いったことは間ま違ちがっていた。

  What he said was mistaken.

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

make a mistake; do incorrectly; get wrong

Transitive; used when someone makes an error in an action or process. The thing done wrong is marked with を.

• 計けい算さんを間ま違ちがってしまった。

  I made a mistake in the calculation.

• 手て順じゅんを間ま違ちがわないように注ちゅう意いしてください。

  Please be careful not to get the procedure wrong.

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

mistake A for B; confuse

Transitive; used when confusing one thing with another. Often appears with ～と～を間違う or ～を間違えて～する.

• 彼かの女じょは私わたしを弟おとうとと間ま違ちがった。

  She mistook me for my younger brother.

• 塩しおと砂さ糖とうを間ま違ちがって入いれてしまった。

  I accidentally confused salt with sugar and put it in.