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The room is dark and dirty.
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Ramen is hot and delicious.
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This is an old and heavy TV.
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That is a safe and wonderful place.
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That is a complex and tough job.
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This place is quiet and scary.
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What if you wanted to use an adjective in a negative sense (not new, not cute, not young, etc.)? You can conjugate them!
な-adjectives conjugate with the “suffix” じゃない.
Take the adjective げんき（な）(it means energetic).
To make it negative, you will drop the な and add じゃない.
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You can then work with this adjective like normal (by placing it in front of a noun).
You can then work with this adjective like normal (by placing it in front of a noun).
So this is a “not” energetic (un-energetic) teacher.
This is a not-clean desk (a desk that is not clean).
These may sound awkward in English, but they are very natural to use in Japanese!
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い-adjectives work in a slightly different way - instead of じゃない, they become negative using くない.
い-adjectives work in a slightly different way - instead of じゃない, they become negative using くない.
You will drop the final い when you add くない.
So あたらしくない is “not new”.
This is “not cute”.
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There is only one irregular adjective in Japanese, and it is いい (good).
When いい conjugates, it acts as if it were よい、so in the negative, it becomes よくない.
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Let’s see some examples with nouns.
Let’s see some examples with nouns.
This is a not-good student.
And this is a not-new house.
Lastly, a not-cute cat. (As if there was such a thing!)
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You’re doing great! Let’s tackle one more way of using adjectives.
You’re doing great! Let’s tackle one more way of using adjectives.
If you want to use two or more adjectives in succession (like a cute, famous, yellow cat), you will conjugate adjectives there too.
い-adjectives will drop the い like before, and add くて.
As mentioned before, いい will conjugate as if it were よい, becoming よくて.
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You can also use negative adjectives - な or い - the same way.
You can also use negative adjectives - な or い - the same way.
Just remove the い at the end and add くて!
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な-adjectives will conjugate by dropping the な and adding で.
な-adjectives will conjugate by dropping the な and adding で.
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This is a cute, famous, yellow cat!
This is a cute, famous, yellow cat!
Once you get these adjective spelling rules down, your sentences will get quite a nice boost!
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Construction
(Elements in parentheses are optional.)
A い-adjective -い くて B い-adjective
A な-adjective で B な-adjective な
Basic Examples:
(an expensive, big book)
(a famous, lively town)
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Can you link a -い and a -な adjective? If so, how?
Do you mean one after another?
The examples are with two な- adjectives or with two い-adjectives. Are there any cases with one of each?
Sure! As long as you conjugate the first one into て form (で for na adjectives, くて for i adjective), you can put any kind of adjective after that!
彼 (かれ）は 元 気 （げんきで 強 (つよ)い
He is energetic and strong.
彼 (かれ）は 強 (つよ)くて 元 気 （げんき)
He is strong and energetic.
... Stupid question, but, how do I know if it's a Na or I adjective?
There is no 100% sure-fire way to know without memorizing it for each adjective.
However, there are a couple of things that will get you 95% of the way there:
1. Doesn't end with い = な adjective
2. Ends with い = **probably** adjective.
3. (advanced) - if you know the kanji form, and the word ends in い, but the い is part of a kanji reading, then な adjective (example: 綺 麗 ・きれい)
... Stupid question, but, how do I know if it's a Na or I adjective?
Knowing how the words are written with kanji is what gives away whether it is an い or な adjective.好き/すき 綺麗/きれい 嫌い/きらい (see 嫌う )甘い/あまい
If you don't have a dictionary, and you don't know how the words are written in kanji, then your best bet is to guess that adjectives that end in い are い adjectives and the rest are な adjectives.
I found this chart helpful , it is from learn japanese with yuko
I found this chart helpful , it is from learn japanese with yuko
...That's not actually accurate though, 'cause of words like 嫌 い.
The post above is more accurate, though there might still be exceptions.
Question, how do you combine て form with negative adjectives ? For example if I want to say "A not famous and calm town"
Question, how do you combine て form with negative adjectives ? For example if I want to say "A not famous and calm town"
Negative adjectives conjugate like い-adjectives - you drop the い in くない/じゃない and add くて
So くない in て-form would be くなくて and じゃない would change into じゃなくて.
For example "a not famous and calm town" would be 「有 名 じゃなくて静 かな町 」
so if I want to say for example "famous and small town" I need to add くて / で in both of the adjectives or only in first one?
Think of the て(で) form as glue: it only comes when you are gluing two similar things (adjective + adjective) together. It is not necessary when putting an adjective next to a noun.
I have a doubt that when does な is placed after adjective.神 社 本 当 有 名 な ところ です。東 京 とても 賑 やかな都 市
There is a deeper technical reason (probably because the adjectives without な are closer to being nouns), but even if the "meaning" is the same, there are still grammatical rules that need to be followed :)
We know that handsome can be written as : ハンサム in katakana :彼 はハンサムな人 です。
な is not just for hiragana adjectives :)
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