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Adjectives & Adverbs
い-adjectives, な-adjectives, conjugation, comparatives and adverbs
い形容詞
i-adjectives
i-adjectives
大きい (big), 高い (tall/expensive) — end in い
な形容詞
na-adjectives
na-adjectives
きれい (pretty), 静か (quiet) — take な before nouns
大きい本 / きれいな花
big book / pretty flower
ookii hon / kirei na hana
い-adj attaches directly; な-adj needs な
い形容詞 negative: ~くない
i-adjective negative: -kunai
ookiku nai
大きい→大きくない = not big
い形容詞 past: ~かった
i-adjective past: -katta
ookikatta
大きい→大きかった = was big
な形容詞 past: ~でした
na-adjective past: -deshita
kirei deshita
きれいでした = was pretty
~より — comparative
-yori — comparative (than)
yori
AはBより大きい = A is bigger than B
一番 — superlative
ichiban — most
ichiban
一番大きい = the biggest
副詞: ゆっくり, とても
adverbs: slowly, very
yukkuri, totemo
Common adverbs
い→く / な→に (adverb form)
adjective to adverb
hayaku, shizuka ni
早い→早く; 静か→静かに