い-adjective
馬鹿馬鹿しいばかばかしい
bakabakashii馬鹿馬鹿しい (ばかばかしい, bakabakashii) — absurd — is an い-adjective: ばかばかしかった (past), ばかばかしくない (negative), ばかばかしくて (te-form), ばかばかしいです (polite).
It is usually written in kana: ばかばかしい rather than 馬鹿馬鹿しい. It also means ridiculous; silly.
How ばかばかしい conjugates · い-adjective
Drop the final い, then add the ending.
Every form is built on the stem ばかばかし. The one that isn't: the polite present, which is the whole word plus です.
ばかばかしい
dropsstem + ending
ばかばかしかったばかばかしかったpast · It was ridiculous.
ばかばかしくないばかばかしくないnegative · It isn't ridiculous.
ばかばかしくてばかばかしくてte-form · It's ridiculous and …
ばかばかしければばかばかしければif
ばかばかしいですばかばかしいですpolite presentkeeps the い
Every い-adjective works this way. The one exception is いい, which conjugates from its older form よい.
Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | ばかばかしい 馬鹿馬鹿しい bakabakashii | |
| past It was ridiculous. | ばかばかしかった 馬鹿馬鹿しかった bakabakashikatta | |
| negative It isn't ridiculous. | ばかばかしくない 馬鹿馬鹿しくない bakabakashikunai | |
| te-form It's ridiculous and … | ばかばかしくて 馬鹿馬鹿しくて bakabakashikute | |
| past negative | ばかばかしくなかった 馬鹿馬鹿しくなかった bakabakashikunakatta | |
| cond. ば | ばかばかしければ 馬鹿馬鹿しければ bakabakashikereba | |
| cond. たら | ばかばかしかったら 馬鹿馬鹿しかったら bakabakashikattara |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | ばかばかしいです 馬鹿馬鹿しいです bakabakashiidesu | |
| past It was ridiculous. | ばかばかしかったです 馬鹿馬鹿しかったです bakabakashikattadesu | |
| negative It isn't ridiculous. | ばかばかしくないです 馬鹿馬鹿しくないです bakabakashikunaidesu | |
| past negative | ばかばかしくなかったです 馬鹿馬鹿しくなかったです bakabakashikunakattadesu |