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.
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 | ばかばかしい 馬鹿馬鹿しい bakabakashii | |
| past N5 It was ridiculous. | ばかばかしかった 馬鹿馬鹿しかった bakabakashikatta | |
| negative N5 It isn't ridiculous. | ばかばかしくない 馬鹿馬鹿しくない bakabakashikunai | |
| te-form N5 It's ridiculous and … | ばかばかしくて 馬鹿馬鹿しくて bakabakashikute | |
| past negative N4 | ばかばかしくなかった 馬鹿馬鹿しくなかった bakabakashikunakatta | |
| cond. ば N3 | ばかばかしければ 馬鹿馬鹿しければ bakabakashikereba | |
| cond. たら N3 | ばかばかしかったら 馬鹿馬鹿しかったら bakabakashikattara |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | ばかばかしいです 馬鹿馬鹿しいです bakabakashiidesu | |
| past N5 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 N5 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 N4 | 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 |