06 April 2007

na-adjectives and their conjugations

na-adjectives like genki(na) - (healthy/energetic) and kirei(na) - (beautiful) stay the same when they are conjugated. Only additions are added to the end of it for conjugation.

1. For present tense, it stays the same, just add desu in the end.
So it would be genki desu

2. For past tense, -deshita is added to the end.
So it would be genkideshita (was healthy/energetic).

3. For negative present tense, just add -ja arimasen.
So it would be genkija arimasen (is not healthy/energetic).

4. For negative past tense, just add -ja arimasen deshita at the end.
So it woul be genkija arimasen deshita (was not healthy/energetic).

It can also be conjugated in the casual way. This applies for the negative form only.
1. For negative present tense, just add -ja nai (desu).
So it would be genkija nai (desu) - (is not healthy/energetic).

2. For negative past tense, just add -ja nakatta (desu).
So it would be genkija nakatta (desu) - (was not healthy/energetic).

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