い-Adjectives
Meanings
- Adjectives ending in い
- Descriptive adjectives that end with い
- Words that describe qualities and end with い
About this pattern
Explanation
い-Adjectives describe qualities and feelings and all end with い in their dictionary form. They directly modify nouns or serve as predicates. To conjugate, change the い ending rather than adding endings to the stem. Common patterns include the negative (〜くない), the past tense (〜かった), and the te-form (〜くて) used to connect clauses. The adverbial form (〜く) is used to modify verbs and adjectives alike in more formal or descriptive contexts. Note that some い-Adjectives convey subjective opinions or sensations, and their conjugation is regular for standard forms at N5 level.
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Example sentences
Japanese summers are hot.
This book is interesting.
This chair is expensive.
That dog was small.
The apples are not sweet.
The weather was good, so I went for a walk.
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More N5 patterns
to be; is; equals; identifies as
View detailsto be; is; am; used to state something politely
View detailsAs for... (highlights sentence topic); Topic marker used to indicate what the sentence is about; Marks the topic of the sentence, sometimes with contrast
View detailsalso; too; as well; even; either; neither
View detailsthis (near the speaker); this thing; this one
View detailsthat; that thing (near the listener); the thing referred to earlier
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