な-adjective
色々いろいろ
iroiro色々 (いろいろ, iroiro) — various — is a な-adjective: いろいろだった (past), いろいろじゃない (negative), いろいろで (te-form), いろいろです (polite).
It is usually written in kana: いろいろ rather than 色々. It also means a variety of; all sorts of.
How いろいろ 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.
いろいろ
whole word + ending
いろいろだったいろいろだったpast · There were all sorts of them.
いろいろじゃないいろいろじゃないnegative · There aren't all sorts of them.
いろいろでいろいろでte-form · There are all sorts of them and …
いろいろならいろいろならif · If there are all sorts of them, ...
いろいろですいろいろですpolite present · There are all sorts of them.
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 There are all sorts of them. | いろいろだ 色々だ iroiroda | |
| past N5 There were all sorts of them. | いろいろだった 色々だった iroirodatta | |
| negative N5 There aren't all sorts of them. | いろいろじゃない 色々じゃない iroirojanai | |
| te-form N5 There are all sorts of them and … | いろいろで 色々で iroirode | |
| past negative N4 | いろいろじゃなかった 色々じゃなかった iroirojanakatta | |
| cond. なら N3 If there are all sorts of them, ... | いろいろなら 色々なら iroironara | |
| cond. たら N3 | いろいろだったら 色々だったら iroirodattara |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 There are all sorts of them. | いろいろです 色々です iroirodesu | |
| past N5 There were all sorts of them. | いろいろでした 色々でした iroirodeshita | |
| negative N5 There aren't all sorts of them. | いろいろじゃないです 色々じゃないです iroirojanaidesu | |
| past negative N4 | いろいろじゃなかったです 色々じゃなかったです iroirojanakattadesu |