な-adjective
変へん
hen変 (へん, hen) — strange — is a な-adjective: 変だった (past), 変じゃない (negative), 変で (te-form), 変です (polite).
It also means odd; peculiar.
How 変 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.
変
whole word + ending
変だった変だったpast · It was strange.
変じゃない変じゃないnegative · It isn't strange.
変で変でte-form · It's strange and …
変なら変ならif · If it's strange, ...
変です変ですpolite present · It's strange.
Before a noun it takes な, which is what names the class.
N3 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present It's strange. | 変だ へんだ henda | |
| past It was strange. | 変だった へんだった hendatta | |
| negative It isn't strange. | 変じゃない へんじゃない henjanai | |
| te-form It's strange and … | 変で へんで hende | |
| past negative It wasn't strange. | 変じゃなかった へんじゃなかった henjanakatta | |
| cond. なら N3 If it's strange, ... | 変なら へんなら hennara | |
| cond. たら N3 When it's strange, ... | 変だったら へんだったら hendattara |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present It's strange. | 変です へんです hendesu | |
| past It was strange. | 変でした へんでした hendeshita | |
| negative It isn't strange. | 変じゃないです へんじゃないです henjanaidesu | |
| past negative It wasn't strange. | 変じゃなかったです へんじゃなかったです henjanakattadesu |