Adjectives

Ohh, I've been slacking considering my last post was more than a week ago (pictures don't really count, do they?). Whilst I've been slow, Rene has been publishing so many posts on numbers & time ~ i'm really stressed out now!!!! Now look who's the slave-driver (We've been taking turns calling each other that). I've much catching up to do ..

Ok, here's my little contribution. I've covered verbs previously. Now comes the adjectives.
2 types of Adjectives : I-Adjectives & Na-Adjectives.

Below is my list of I-Adjectives (end with i, thus called I-Adjectives)

Warm - Atatakai 　あたたかい
Cool - Suzushii 　すずしい
Hot (Temperature & Touch) - Atsui 　あつい
Cold (Temperature) - Samui 　さむい
Cold (Touch) - Tsumetai 　つめたい
Spacious - Hiroi 　ひろい
Limited space - Semai 　せまい
Cute - Kawaii 　かわいい
Ugly - Minikui 　みにくい
Frightening - Kowai 　こわい
Gentle - Yasashii 　やさしい
Difficult - Muzukashii 　むずかしい
Easy - Yasashii 　やさしい
Long - Nagai　 ながい
Short - Mijikai 　みじかい
Delicious - Oishii 　おいしい
Bad Taste - Mazui 　まずい
Big/Large - Ookii 　おおきい
Small - Chiisai 　ちいさい
Heavy - Omoi 　おもい
Light - Karui 　かるい
Late - Osoi 　おそい
Early/Quick - Hayai 　はやい
Near - Chikai 　ちかい
Far - Tooi 　とおい
Interesting - Omoshiroi　 おもしろい
Boring - Tsumaranai 　つまらない
Expensive/Tall - Takai 　たかい
Cheap - Yasui 　やすい
Low/Short - Hikui 　ひくい
Good - Yoi / II 　よい / いい
Bad - Warui 　わるい
New - Atarashii 　あたらしい
Old - Furui 　ふるい
Busy - Isogashii 　いそがしい
Noisy - Urusai 　うるさい
Fun - Tanoshii たのしい

The adjectives describes nouns & they precede the nouns they describe.

Kore wa mijikai enpitsu desu / This is a short pencil
Koko wa ookii ie desu / This is a big house

I-adjectives with past tense => drop -i, add -katta
Negative I-adjectives => drop -i, add -ku nai
Negative past I-adjectives => drop -i, add -ku nakatta
To make it formal, just add a desu at the back

Let's take the example, Omoshiroi

Omoshiroi hon / The book that is interesting
Omoshiroku nai hon / The book that is not interesting
Omoshirokatta hon / The book that was interesting
Omoshiroku nakatta hon/ The book that was not interesting.

Ok, now lets look at the other type of adjective, ie Na-adjectives.

Convenient - Benri 　べんり
Inconvenient - Fuben 　ふべん
Healthy - Genki 　げんき
Strange - Hen 　へん
Beautiful - Kirei 　きれい
Clever - Rikoo りこう
Kind - Shinsetsu 　しんせつ
Quiet - Shizuka　 しずか
Famous - Yuumei 　ゆうめい

Let's take the example, Shinsetsu

Anata wa shinsetsu desu / You are kind
Anata wa shinsetsu dewa arimasen / You are not kind
Anata wa shinsetsu deshita - You were kind
Anata wa shinsetsu dewa arimasen deshita - You were not kind

I think Na-adjectives is much easier, right?
Just to take note when a na-adjective is used, -na must be dropped. However, if a na-adjective is placed before a noun, a -na is added

Yuumei na hito / A famous person
Genki na hito / A healthy person

Okie, I finally finish what I have on adjectives. My mind is now in a blank as to what I should write for my next post (Maybe its late & I'm close to dozing off ^-^ Zzzz time). Please, pls keep reading, thank you v much! I'll be back again once I think of something.

Posted By : Jasvale

Labels: Grammar and Vocab