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Adjectives in Japanese
Adjectives, from scratch
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Language - Japanese
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07/15/2020

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Na adjectives

静か【しず・か】
Definition
静か【しず・か】(na-adj) - quiet
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i- adj
Definition
Term
きれい(na-adj) -
Definition
pretty; clean
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親切【しん・せつ】(na-adj) -
Definition
kind
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好き【す・き】(na-adj) -
Definition
likable; desirable
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野菜【や・さい】-
Definition
vegetables
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adj - NA - noun


静かな⼈。
Definition
Quiet person.
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きれいな⼈。
Definition
Pretty person.
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友達は親切。
Definition
Shinsetsu
Friend is kind.
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ボブは⿂が好きだ。
Definition
bob wa sakana ga suki da

da???
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2. ボブは⿂が好きじゃない。
Definition
Bob does not like fish.
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3. ボブは⿂が好きだった。
Definition
bob used to like fish
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4. ボブは⿂が好きじゃなかった。
Definition
bob did not like fish.
'the specific fish?'
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⿂が好きな⼈。
Definition
Person that likes fish.
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⿂が好きじゃない⼈。
Definition
sakana ga suki janai hito
Person that does not like fish.

fish speaking of like not person. OMG......
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⿂が好きだった⼈。
Person that liked fish.
4. ⿂が好きじゃなかった⼈。
Person that did not like fish.

Here, the entire clause 「⿂が好き」、「⿂が好きじゃない」、etc. is modifying "person" to talk about
people that like or dislike fish. You can see why this type of sentence is useful because 「⼈は⿂が好
きだ」would mean "People like fish", which isn't always the case.
Definition
what about
she did not like fish. That's like 'oh you remember mary, she did not like fish.
more useful is 'she did not like THE fish'.
Term
彼女はそのレストランの魚が好きではなかった。
Definition
Kanojo wa sono resutoran no sakana ga sukide wa nakatta.
she did not like the fish at that restaurant.
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⿂が好きじゃない⼈は、⾁が好きだ。
Person who does not like fish like meat.
2. ⿂が好きな⼈は、野菜も好きだ。
Person who likes fish also like vegetables.
Definition
Term
嫌い
嫌いな⾷べ物。
Definition
きらい
hate/ dislike
Hated food.
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高い
Definition
たかい
high/tall
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値段
Definition
わだん
price
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あまり
あんまり
Definition
anmari
not very (w/neg)
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「きれい」and 「嫌い
na adj with 'i'
the rest are written with kanji
「きれい」written in
Kanji looks like 「綺麗
「嫌い」is one of the rare na-adjectives that ends in
「い」without a Kanji.
Unlike na-adjectives, you do not need to add 「な」to directly modify a noun with an i-adjective.

the i adjectives end in 'i'
that's because, the 'i' is there for conjugation without changing the kanji
Definition
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Do NOT attach 「だ」to i-adjectives.
Definition
Term
Negative: First remove the trailing 「い」from the i-adjective and then attach 「くない」
Example: ⾼い→ ⾼くない
Definition
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Past-tense: First remove the trailing 「い」from the i-adjective or negative i-adjective and then
attach 「かった」
Examples
1. ⾼い→ ⾼かった
2. ⾼くない→ ⾼くなかった
Definition
Term
⾼いビル。
Definition
Tall building.
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⾼くないビル。
Definition
Not tall building.
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⾼かったビル。
Definition
Building that was tall.
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ビル
Definition
bi ru
building
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⾼くなかったビル。
Definition
Building that was not tall.
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⾼くなかったビル。
Definition
Building that was not tall.
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exercise... find adjectives you need and make a bunch of sentences/cards and ask for someone to check.
Definition
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値段が⾼いレストランはあまり好きじゃない。
Definition
Don't like high price restaurants very much.
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いい
conjugations are derived from よい (the old way to say it)
Definition
Term
Another adjective that acts like this is 「かっこいい」because it is an abbreviated version of two words
merged together: 「格好」and 「いい」. Since it uses the same 「いい」, you need to use the same
conjugations.
Definition
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practice these two exceptions until they are perfect.
Definition
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いい=ようくない
Definition
good/ not good
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ようかった
よくないかった
Definition
i did it
i didn't do it.
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かっこいい
かっこよくない
かっこよかった
かっこよくなかった
Definition
cool
not cool
was cool
wasn't cool


REALLY?
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1. 値段があんまりよくない。
Definition
Price isn't very good.
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2. 彼はかっこよかった!
Definition
He looked really cool!
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