Japanese

<p>
	There are two types of adjectives in Japanese, <strong>い-adjectives</strong> and <strong>な-adjectives</strong>.
	These adjectives behave in a different way.
</p>

<p>
	In this lesson you will learn two adjectives, <strong><ruby>大ooきい</ruby></strong>(ookii), which means <strong>big</strong>, and <strong>きれい</strong>, which means <strong>pretty</strong>.
	<strong><ruby>大ooきい</ruby></strong> is an い-adjective, and <strong>きれい</strong> is a な-adjective.
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<h4>Using adjectives after a noun</h4>

<p>
	When used after a noun, there is no difference between these two kinds of adjectives, as you can see below.
</p>

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<p>
	When used in front of a noun, な-adjectives end in <strong>な</strong>.
	This is why な-adjectives are called な-adjectives.
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<h4>Using adjectives in front of a noun</h4>

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<p>
	い-adjectives don't change when used in front of a noun.
	All い-adjectives end in <strong>い</strong>, but not all adjectives ending in <strong>い</strong> are い-adjectives.
	Otherwise <strong>きれい</strong> would also be an い-adjective, which it is not.
</p>

<p>
	You don't have to worry about remembering whether each adjective you learn is an い-adjective or a な-adjective.
	We will make sure to use each adjective we teach in a sentence in such a way that you will know and remember.
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<h4>The nationality suffix</h4>

<p>
	As you can see in the table below,
	we can refer to a person from a specific country by placing the kanji <strong><ruby>人zin</ruby></strong> after the country name.
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い-adjectives and な-adjectives

hiragana character

kanji

adnominal

adverb

auxiliary

conjunction

compound

i-adjective

interjection

noun

na-adjective

numeral

particle

case particle

conjunctive particle

discourse particle

prefix

pronoun

suffix

verb

sentence

hiragana writing

kanji writing

kanji component

reading vocabulary

katakana writing

katakana character

godan - group 1

itidan - group 2

group 3

transitive

intransitive

proper noun

discourse

phrase

expression

Word	大おおきいookii
Meaning	big, large
Part of speech	i-adjective
Pronunciation
Course	Japanese
Lesson	い-adjectives and な-adjectives

The car is big.	車くるま　は　大おおきい　です。kuruma ha ookii desu.
That is a big tree!	それ　は　大おおきい　木き　です！sore ha ookii ki desu!
The mountain is not big.	山やま　は　大おおきく　ない　です。yama ha ookiku nai desu.
That is a big apple.	あれ　は　大おおきな　りんご　です。are ha ookina ringo desu.
Yuko's eyes are big.	ゆこ　さん　の　目め　は　大おおきい　です。yuko san no me ha ookii desu.
Yuko has big eyes.	ゆこ　さん　は　目め　が　大おおきい　です。yuko san ha me ga ookii desu.
The ears of that rabbit are big, aren't they?	あの　ウサギ　の　耳みみ　は　大おおきい　です　ね。ano usagi no mimi ha ookii desu ne.
It is Yuko whose eyes are big.	ゆこ　さん　が　目め　が　大おおきい　です。yuko san ga me ga ookii desu.
America is bigger than the UK.	アメリカ　の　方ほう　が　イギリス　より　大おおきい　です。amerika no hou ga igirisu yori ookii desu.
Crocodiles have big mouths.	ワニ　は　口くち　が　大おおきい　です。wani ha kuti ga ookii desu.

ookii

Breakdown of ookii

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Usages of ookii