ADJECTIVES
The adjectives in Nihongo are classified into two types:
1.) i-adjectives - pure adjectives, end with letter i
2.) na-adjectives - verbal adjectives, end with letter na
i-adjectives:
chiisai - small ookii - big
atarashii - new furui - old
yasashii - easy / kind muzukashii - difficult
ii / yoi - good warui - bad
takai - expensive / high yasui - cheap
se ga takai - tall (person) se ga hikui - short (person)
atsui - hot samui - cold
nagai - long mijikai - short
omoshiroi - interesting / funny tsumaranai - boring
tooi - far chikai - near
omoi - heavy karui - light
tanoshii - peasant / happy samishii - lonely
hayai - fast / early osoi - slow
tadashii - correct machigai - wrong
futoi - fat usui - thin
kawaii - cute
oishii - delicious
subarashii - wonderful
isogashii - busy
urusai - noisy
Additional Vocabularies:
tabemono - food hito - person
jugyō - class shiken - exam
inu - dog neko - cat
hoteru - hotel resutoran - restaurant
kyookai - church mise - store
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na-adjectives
kirei na - beautiful, clean
hansamu na - handsome
shiawase na - happy
genki na - well, fine, healthy
suki na - favorite
i-adjectives Conjugation:
Bunshoo:
Japanese is difficult. (present tense +)
Nihongo wa muzukashii desu.
Japanese is not difficult. (present tense -)
Nihongo wa muzukashikunai desu.
*drop the last i, add kunai
Japanese was difficult. (past tense +)
Nihongo wa muzukashikatta desu.
Japanese was difficult.
*drop the last i, add katta
Japanese was not difficult. (past tense -)
Nihongo wa muzukashikunakatta desu.
*drop the last i, add kunakatta
The food is delicious. (present tense +)
Tabemono wa oishii desu.
The food is not delicious. (present tense -)
Tabemono wa oishikunai desu.
The food was delicious. (past tense +)
Tabemono wa oishikatta desu
Japanese was not difficult. (past tense -)
Tabemono wa oishikunakatta desu.
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na-adjectives Conjugation
Bunshoo:
I am happy. (present tense +)
Watashi wa shiawase desu.
I am not happy. (present tense -)
Watashi wa shiawase dewa arimasen.
I was happy. (past tense +)
Watashi wa shiawase deshita.
I was not happy. (past tense -)
Watashi wa shiawase dewa arimasen deshita.
Hanbaagaa wa ookii desu.
The hamburger is big.
San Agustin kyookai wa atarashikunai desu.
San Agustin church is not new.
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Kanojo wa sei ga takai desu.
She is tall.
Tokei wa takai desu
The watch is expensive.
Jugyoo wa omoshirokatta desu.
The class was interesting.
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