Adjectives
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■ In Japanese, there are two types of adjectives:
い adjectives and な adjectives. The い adjectives are easy to recognize because they end with い.
■ な adjectives are everything else. There are a few なadjectives that end in い like きれい (pretty) and
きらい (dislike). Memorize those two exceptions.
■ Examples: い adjectives
暑い | hot |
高い | expensive; high |
おいしい |
delicious |
■ Examples: な adjectives [Add the な before nouns]
静か | quiet |
簡単 | easy |
親切 |
kind |
Adjectives are their very best when modifying nouns. Let's see how to do that with い and な adjectives.
■ Examples with Nouns: い adjectives [Simply add a noun]
暑い日 | a hot day |
高いビル | a high building |
おいしいすし |
delicious sushi |
■ Examples with Nouns: な adjectives [Add the な before nouns]
静かなところ | a quiet place |
簡単なテスト | an easy test |
親切な人 |
a kind person |
Adjectives in Japanese can turn into adverbs (used to modify verbs instead of nouns) by changing the い to く for い adjectives and changing the な to に for な adjectives.
■ Adverbial Examples: い adjectives [drop い and add く before the verb]
暑くなります | will become hot |
高くなります | became higher (price or height) |
おいしくします |
to make (something) delicious |
■ Examples: な adjectives [drop the な and add に]
静かに話します | quietly speak |
簡単にできました | easily done |
親切に言いました |
speaking kindly |
For the non-past tense, that is about it. Now, let's look at how to use adjectives in the past and negatively.
super useful! very clear. one of the clearest grammar explanations I have ever seen. very well done, thanks a lot!!!!!
Real easy to understand comments and explanations. (Mind, I’ve ploughed through a few that are not!). Thanks a lot for all of this. Will be working through these between now and December. 🙂 Slight criticism: Furigana is really tiny on the website. I haven’t started the download Grammar book yet.
Thank you! I increased the font size of the Japanese. Let me know if that helps.
とても分かりやすいです、有難う！
Glad you found it useful. I need to add sound files here.
Very useful ??
Thanks a million ?
Glad to hear it! 🙂