い-adjective
粗いあらい
araiAlso read あらい: 荒い (rough). All 2 words
粗い (あらい, arai) — coarse — is an い-adjective: 粗かった (past), 粗くない (negative), 粗くて (te-form), 粗いです (polite).
It also means rough.
How 粗い conjugates · い-adjective
Drop the final い, then add the ending.
Every form is built on the stem 粗. The one that isn't: the polite present, which is the whole word plus です.
粗い
dropsstem + ending
粗かった粗かったpast · It was coarse.
粗くない粗くないnegative · It isn't coarse.
粗くて粗くてte-form · It's coarse and …
粗ければ粗ければif · If it's coarse, ...
粗いです粗いですpolite presentkeeps the い
Every い-adjective works this way. The one exception is いい, which conjugates from its older form よい.
N5 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.
Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 粗い あらい arai | |
| past N5 It was coarse. | 粗かった あらかった arakatta | |
| negative N5 It isn't coarse. | 粗くない あらくない arakunai | |
| te-form N5 It's coarse and … | 粗くて あらくて arakute | |
| past negative N4 | 粗くなかった あらくなかった arakunakatta | |
| cond. ば N3 If it's coarse, ... | 粗ければ あらければ arakereba | |
| cond. たら N3 When it's coarse, ... | 粗かったら あらかったら arakattara |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 粗いです あらいです araidesu | |
| past N5 It was coarse. | 粗かったです あらかったです arakattadesu | |
| negative N5 It isn't coarse. | 粗くないです あらくないです arakunaidesu | |
| past negative N4 | 粗くなかったです あらくなかったです arakunakattadesu |