Japanese

<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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			<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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<p>
	The words <strong>けど</strong> and <strong>けれど</strong> have exactly the same meaning: <strong>though/although</strong>.
	The difference is that <strong>けれど</strong> is slightly more formal than <strong>けど</strong>.
</p>

<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

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	高たかく　なかった　です。 takaku nakatta desu.
Meaning	It wasn't expensive.
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation

to be	です desu
expensive; high, tall	高たかい takai
not	ない nai

Japanese

takaku nakatta desu.

Breakdown of takaku nakatta desu.

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