On this page, you can learn about いadjective Form.
いadjective Form
There are four いadjective forms:
- いadjective Polite Form
- いadjective Plain Form
- Stem Form
- て Form
To understand what they are, let’s use すごい which means ‘awesome’ in Japanese, as an example.
いadjective Polite Form
You need to remove い from すごい, then add the endings in bold below to speak in a polite way:
Present Positive | すごいです | awesome |
Present Negative | すごくないです | is/am/are not awesome |
Past Positive | すごかったです | was/were awesome |
Present Negative | すごくなかったです | was/were not awesome |
いadjective Plain Form
These ones are used when you speak in a casual way like talking with friends, whenever you don’t have to be polite.
You can make いadjective Plain Form by removing です from いadjective Polite Form.
Present Positive | すごい | awesome |
Present Negative | すごくない | is/am/are not awesome |
Past Positive | すごかった | was/were awesome |
Present Negative | すごくなかった | was/were not awesome |
Stem Form
Just remove い to make いadjective Stem Form.
すごい → すご
て Form
To make いadjective て Form, Remove い at the end of いadjective, then add くて.
すごい → すごくて