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.
</p>

<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.
</p>

<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.
</p>

<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.
</p>

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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	写しゃ真しん syasin
Meaning	picture, photo
Part of speech	noun
Pronunciation

写	copy
真	true

That is a beautiful picture.	それ　は　きれいな　写しゃ真しん　です。 sore ha kireina syasin desu.
I want three photos.	三さん枚まい　の　写しゃ真しん　が　ほしい　です。 sanmai no syasin ga hosii desu.
I want three photos.	写しゃ真しん　三さん枚まい　が　ほしい　です。 syasin sanmai ga hosii desu.

Japanese

syasin

Breakdown of syasin

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Usages of syasin

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