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

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	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th></th>
			<th>Positive</th>
			<th>Negative</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>Present</td>
			<td>〜い</td>
			<td>〜く　ない　です</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Past</td>
			<td>〜かった　です</td>
			<td>〜く　なかった　です</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

<p>
	Note the small <strong>っ</strong> in <strong>なかった</strong>, which represents a small pause to lengthen the <strong>t</strong> sound.
</p>

<p>
	Look at the sentences below to see these conjugations applied in sentences.
</p>

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			<th>English</th>
			<th>Japanese</th>
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	</tbody>
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<p>
	Note that apart from its functions as indirect object marker, location marker and destination marker,
	the particle <strong>に</strong> can be used to mean <strong>for</strong> as in the last sentence in the table.
</p>

Conjugating い-adjectives

adjectival noun

adjectival phrase

adnominal

adverb

adverbial noun

adverbial phrase

auxiliary

case particle

compound

conjunction

conjunctive particle

discourse

discourse particle

expression

godan - group 1

group 3

hiragana character

hiragana writing

i-adjective

interjection

intransitive

itidan - group 2

kanji

kanji component

kanji writing

katakana character

katakana writing

na-adjective

noun

numeral

particle

phrase

prefix

pronoun

proper noun

reading vocabulary

sentence

suffix

transitive

verb

The verb to be

Hiragana 1

Kanji 1

Writing hiragana 1

Writing kanji 1

Hiragana 2

Kanji 2

The question particle か

Writing hiragana 2

This one and that one

Writing kanji 2

Reading exercise 1

Reading exercise 2

Hiragana 3

Negating nouns

Writing hiragana 3

The topic particle は

Kanji 3

The possession particle の

い-adjectives and な-adjectives

The subject particle が

Here and there

There is, there are

Writing kanji 3

Kanji 4

Group 1 verbs, direct and indirect objects

Group 2 verbs

Hiragana 4

Verbs in the past tense

Negating verbs

Invitations and the particle と

Negating past verbs

Writing hiragana 4

Reading exercise 3

Writing kanji 4

Reading exercise 4

Kanji 5

Nouns and the past tense

This and that

The group 3 verbs する and 来る

The discourse particles ね and よ

The location particles に and で

Hiragana 5

Writing hiragana 5

Writing kanji 5

The destination particles に and へ

Kanji 6

The origin particle から

Hiragana 6

Relative positions

Writing hiragana 6

Writing kanji 6

Hiragana 7

Writing hiragana 7

Kanji 7

Conjugating な-adjectives

How are you?

The particle も

The word ちょっと

Reading exercise 7

Question	Answer
It was expensive.	高たかかった　です。takakatta desu.
It was delicious.	おいしかった　です。oisikatta desu.
The mountain is not big.	山やま　は　大おおきく　ない　です。yama ha ookiku nai desu.
suitable, appropriate	ふさわしいhusawasii
This car is not suitable for me.	この　車くるま　は　私わたし　に　ふさわしく　ない　です。kono kuruma ha watasi ni husawasiku nai desu.
It wasn't expensive.	高たかく　なかった　です。takaku nakatta desu.
That was not appropriate.	それ　は　ふさわしく　なかった　です。sore ha husawasiku nakatta desu.
bright; cheerful	明あかるいakarui
The moon was bright.	月つき　は　明あかるかった　です。tuki ha akarukatta desu.

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