Japanese 52 - Conjugating い-adjectives

In this lesson you will learn how to conjugate い-adjectives into the past and the negative form in Japanese. The conjugations are made by replacing the final with a different ending, as shown in the table below.

PositiveNegative
Present〜い〜く ない です
Past〜かった です〜く なかった です

Note the small in なかった, which represents a small pause to lengthen the t sound.

Look at the sentences below to see these conjugations applied in sentences.

Note that apart from its functions as indirect object marker, location marker and destination marker, the particle can be used to mean for as in the last sentence in the table.

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