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Adjectives & Adverbs

い-adjectives, な-adjectives, conjugation, comparatives and adverbs
い形容詞の活用
i-adjective conjugation
i-adjective forms
Present, negative, past, te-form of い-adjectives
な形容詞の活用
na-adjective conjugation
na-adjective forms
Conjugate with だ/です like nouns
形容詞の て形
adjective te-form
-kute / -de
大きくて = big and...; きれいで = pretty and...
いい / よい — irregular
ii / yoi — irregular adjective
ii / yoku nai / yokatta
いい is irregular: negative よくない, past よかった
～くなる / ～になる — become
-ku naru / -ni naru — become
naru
大きくなる = become big; 静かになる = become quiet
～すぎる — too much
-sugiru — too much
-sugiru
高すぎる = too expensive
～そう — looks like
-sou — looks/seems
-sou
おいしそう = looks delicious
比較: ～のほうが
comparison: -no hou ga
no hou ga
AのほうがBより = A more than B
一番 + adjective
ichiban + adjective (superlative)
ichiban
一番安い = the cheapest
副詞化: ～く / ～に
adverbial forms
-ku / -ni
Forming adverbs from adjectives