な-adjective
複雑ふくざつ
fukuzatsu複雑 (ふくざつ, fukuzatsu) — complex — is a な-adjective: 複雑だった (past), 複雑じゃない (negative), 複雑で (te-form), 複雑です (polite).
It also means complicated; intricate.
How 複雑 conjugates · な-adjective
Nothing drops: the ending attaches to the whole word.
A な-adjective is a noun-like word plus a copula, and the copula is what conjugates.
複雑
whole word + ending
複雑だった複雑だったpast · It was complicated.
複雑じゃない複雑じゃないnegative · It isn't complicated.
複雑で複雑でte-form · It's complicated and …
複雑なら複雑ならif · If it's complicated, ...
複雑です複雑ですpolite present · It's complicated.
Before a noun it takes な, which is what names the class.
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 It's complicated. | 複雑だ ふくざつだ fukuzatsuda | |
| past N5 It was complicated. | 複雑だった ふくざつだった fukuzatsudatta | |
| negative N5 It isn't complicated. | 複雑じゃない ふくざつじゃない fukuzatsujanai | |
| te-form N5 It's complicated and … | 複雑で ふくざつで fukuzatsude | |
| past negative N4 It wasn't complicated. | 複雑じゃなかった ふくざつじゃなかった fukuzatsujanakatta | |
| cond. なら N3 If it's complicated, ... | 複雑なら ふくざつなら fukuzatsunara | |
| cond. たら N3 | 複雑だったら ふくざつだったら fukuzatsudattara |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 It's complicated. | 複雑です ふくざつです fukuzatsudesu | |
| past N5 It was complicated. | 複雑でした ふくざつでした fukuzatsudeshita | |
| negative N5 It isn't complicated. | 複雑じゃないです ふくざつじゃないです fukuzatsujanaidesu | |
| past negative N4 It wasn't complicated. | 複雑じゃなかったです ふくざつじゃなかったです fukuzatsujanakattadesu |