い-adjective
浅いあさい
asai浅い (あさい, asai) — shallow — is an い-adjective: 浅かった (past), 浅くない (negative), 浅くて (te-form), 浅いです (polite).
It also means superficial.
How 浅い conjugates · い-adjective
Drop the final い, then add the ending.
Every form is built on the stem 浅. The one that isn't: the polite present, which is the whole word plus です.
浅い
dropsstem + ending
浅かった浅かったpast · It was shallow.
浅くない浅くないnegative · It isn't shallow.
浅くて浅くてte-form · It's shallow and …
浅ければ浅ければif · If it's shallow, ...
浅いです浅いです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.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 浅い あさい asai | |
| past N5 It was shallow. | 浅かった あさかった asakatta | |
| negative N5 It isn't shallow. | 浅くない あさくない asakunai | |
| te-form N5 It's shallow and … | 浅くて あさくて asakute | |
| past negative N4 It wasn't shallow. | 浅くなかった あさくなかった asakunakatta | |
| cond. ば N3 If it's shallow, ... | 浅ければ あさければ asakereba | |
| cond. たら N3 If it turns out shallow, ... | 浅かったら あさかったら asakattara |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 浅いです あさいです asaidesu | |
| past N5 It was shallow. | 浅かったです あさかったです asakattadesu | |
| negative N5 It isn't shallow. | 浅くないです あさくないです asakunaidesu | |
| past negative N4 It wasn't shallow. | 浅くなかったです あさくなかったです asakunakattadesu |