Katsuyo

い-adjective

怠いだるい

darui

sluggish · N1

怠い (だるい, darui) — sluggish — is an -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 · -adjective

Drop the final , 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 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 -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

FormConjugationAudio
present N5 だるい 怠い darui
past N5 I felt sluggish. だるかった 怠かった darukatta
negative N5 I don't feel sluggish. だるくない 怠くない darukunai
te-form N5 I feel sluggish and … だるくて 怠くて darukute
past negative N4 I didn't feel sluggish. だるくなかった 怠くなかった darukunakatta
cond. ば N3 If I feel sluggish, ... だるければ 怠ければ darukereba
cond. たら N3 When I feel sluggish, ... だるかったら 怠かったら darukattara

POLITE

FormConjugationAudio
present N5 だるいです 怠いです daruidesu
past N5 I felt sluggish. だるかったです 怠かったです darukattadesu
negative N5 I don't feel sluggish. だるくないです 怠くないです darukunaidesu
past negative N4 I didn't feel sluggish. だるくなかったです 怠くなかったです darukunakattadesu