

Adjectives - 1
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Marlene Nijboer
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Adjectives - 1
Today we are recapping particles - 1 and particles - 2 + we will be talking about adjectives - 1.
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Recap
What we looked at last time
Recap of last time
Stroke order
Verbs - 1
Particles - 1
Particles - 2
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Particles - 1
を
object marker
noun + を
ending the sentence with を
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Particles - 1
は
topic marker
emphasizes the part behind は
contrast, comparison, buying time while talking, question words
い/な-adjectives
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Particles - 2
が
subject
emphasizes the part before が
すき、わかります、じょうず、へた、ほしい、いたい、ある、いる
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よ
sentence ending particle
offering new information, directing information at someone
alerting someone, giving opinions, being pushy, being contradicting, agreement, emphasizing your feelings
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What are adjectives?
Adjectives are used in Japanese to describe nouns. A big house. A famous building.
The Japanese language has two kinds of adjectives: い and な adjectives. Adjectives in Japanese also work with tenses. い adjectives can be conjugated according to if it's present, past, negative, and more.
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What are adjectives?
The shoes are expensive
The shoes aren't expensive
The shoes were expensive
The shoes weren't expensive
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How do I know if an adjective is い or な?
い-adjectives end in い. A few examples:
いい、安い(やすい、cheap)、大きい、小さい
な adjectives end in anything but い. A few examples:
好き、有名、上手
There are a few exceptions: きらい、きれい、さいわい。
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い-adjectives
Negative and past negative
Steps:
Remove い, replace with く, add the standard plain conjugation
(-ない、-なかった)
English | Dictionary | Negative | Past negative |
|---|---|---|---|
Cheap | 安い | 安くない | 安くなかった |
Big | 大きい | 大きくない | 大きくなかった |
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い-adjectives
Past tense
Steps:
Replace ーい with ーかった
English | Dictionary | Past |
|---|---|---|
Tall | 高い | 高かった |
Big | 大きい | 大きかった |
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い-adjectives
| Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
Present | 大きい | 大きくない |
Past | 大きかった | 大きくなかった |
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い-adjectives: exception
いい is the exception here. いい means good. 良い is originally the kanji used. When い is removed, 良 can be read as よ or い。In Japanese, the stem is always read as よ. So the stem changes:
| Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
Present | いい | よくない |
Past | よかった | よくなかった |
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い-adjectives:usage
At the end of a sentence
このクラスは楽しい!(たのしい)
This class is fun!
この食べ物はおいしいです。
This food is delicious.
うわー、高い!
Woah, expensive!
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い-adjectives:usage
Before a noun
古い(ふるい)車が安い(やすい)ですよ。
Old cars are cheap.
お父さんは古い車に乗って(のって)います。
My dad drives an old car.
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い-adjectives:い /しい
Temperature, size and color
Personal and emotive → keep it personal!
楽しい、楽しそう、楽しんでる
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な-adjectives
な-adjectives officially need to be used in combination with です, the auxillary verb.
です can also be replaced with じゃ.
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な-adjectives
Formal | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
Present | 好きです | 好きではありません |
Past | 好きでした | 好きではありませんでした |
Plain | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
Present | 好きだ | 好きではない |
Past | 好きだった | 好きではなかった |
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な-adjectives: usage
At the end of a sentence
猫のビデオが人気(にんき)だよね。
Cat videos are popular, aren't they?
大人きらいだった。
I hated adults.
この図書館は静か(しずか)じゃない。
This library isn't quiet.
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な-adjectives: usage
Before a noun: adjective + な + noun
好きな人。
The person I like.
クラスでは、静かな(しずかな)少女は話さなかった。
In class, the quiet girl didn't talk.
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