📄️ Adjectives + する
Adjectives are used in conjugation with the verb する to make adjectives active, creating sentences such as 冷たくする (to make something cold/colder).
📄️ Adjectives/Nouns with の
Take the following sentence, 'I have a big dog, I have a small one two.' In the sentence there are two different dogs, but the word dog is only used once. Instead we use the word 'one' to avoid repetition. The same thing can be achieved with の.
📄️ Adjectives: Turning Adjectives into Adverbs
It is possible to transform adjectives into adverbs. A similar transformation occurs in the English language in the transformation of an adjective quick into its adverb quickly.
📄️ Adjectives: The Plain Form Non-past Affirmative
I-Adjectives
📄️ Adjectives: The Plain Form Non-past Negative
I-Adjectives
📄️ Adjectives: The Plain Form Past Affirmative
I-Adjectives
📄️ Adjectives: The Plain Form Past Negative
I-Adjectives
📄️ Adjectives: The Polite Non-past Affirmative
I-Adjectives
📄️ Adjectives: The Polite Non-past Negative
I-Adjectives
📄️ Adjectives: The Polite Past Affirmative
I-Adjectives
📄️ Adjectives: The Polite Past Negative
I-Adjectives
📄️ Adjectives: The Te-Form
Adjectives can be combined by conjugating them to the te-form. The te-form of an adjective can be conjugated as follows:
📄️ Common Adverbs in Japanese
Adverbs are words or phrases that modify the meaning of an adjective, verb, or other adverb, expressing manner, place, time, or degree. Japanese has many adverbs that add specificity to sentences. This article introduces some of the most common adverbs in Japanese.
📄️ Describing Physical Attributes
In English, it's natural to describe someone's physical attributes as follows:
📄️ I-Adjectives
As the name might suggest, all i-adjectives end with the kana い. I-adjectives are one of two main groups of adjectives, the other group being na-adjectives.
📄️ Na-Adjectives
Na-adjectives are one of two main groups of adjectives, the other group being i-adjectives. Na-adjectives act exactly like nouns, and follow the same conjugation rules that nouns follow.