い-adjective
怠いだるい
darui怠い (だるい, darui) — sluggish — is an い-adjective: だるかった (past), だるくない (negative), だるくて (te-form), だるいです (polite).
It is usually written in kana: だるい rather than 怠い. It also means languid; listless.
How だるい conjugates · い-adjective
Drop the final い, then add the ending.
Every form is built on the stem だる. The one that isn't: the polite present, which is the whole word plus です.
だるい
dropsstem + ending
だるかっただるかったpast · I felt sluggish.
だるくないだるくないnegative · I don't feel sluggish.
だるくてだるくてte-form · I feel sluggish and …
だるければだるければif · If I feel sluggish, ...
だるいですだるいですpolite presentkeeps the い
Every い-adjective works this way. The one exception is いい, which conjugates from its older form よい.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | だるい 怠い darui | |
| past I felt sluggish. | だるかった 怠かった darukatta | |
| negative I don't feel sluggish. | だるくない 怠くない darukunai | |
| te-form I feel sluggish and … | だるくて 怠くて darukute | |
| past negative I didn't feel sluggish. | だるくなかった 怠くなかった darukunakatta | |
| cond. ば If I feel sluggish, ... | だるければ 怠ければ darukereba | |
| cond. たら When I feel sluggish, ... | だるかったら 怠かったら darukattara |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | だるいです 怠いです daruidesu | |
| past I felt sluggish. | だるかったです 怠かったです darukattadesu | |
| negative I don't feel sluggish. | だるくないです 怠くないです darukunaidesu | |
| past negative I didn't feel sluggish. | だるくなかったです 怠くなかったです darukunakattadesu |