なadjective Form

On this page, you can learn about なadjective Form.

なadjective Form

There are four なadjective forms:

• なadjective Polite Form
• なadjective Plain Form
• Stem Form
• て Form

To understand what they are, let’s use しずかな which means ‘quiet’ in Japanese, as an example.

なadjective Polite Form

You need to remove な from しずかな, then add the endings in bold below to speak in a polite way:

な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.

How to make them:

Present Positive – change な of しずかな into だ
Present Negative – change な into じゃない
Past Positive – change な into だった
Past Negative – change な into じゃなかった

Stem Form

Just remove な to make なadjective Stem Form.

しずかな　→　しずか

て Form

To make なadjective て Form, Remove な at the end of なadjective, then add で.

しずかな　→　しずかで