い-adjective
卑しいいやしい
iyashii卑しい (いやしい, iyashii) — lowborn — is an い-adjective: 卑しかった (past), 卑しくない (negative), 卑しくて (te-form), 卑しいです (polite).
It also means humble; lowly.
How 卑しい conjugates · い-adjective
Drop the final い, then add the ending.
Every form is built on the stem 卑し. The one that isn't: the polite present, which is the whole word plus です.
卑しい
dropsstem + ending
卑しかった卑しかったpast · It was lowly.
卑しくない卑しくないnegative · It isn't lowly.
卑しくて卑しくてte-form · It's lowly and …
卑しければ卑しければif · If it's lowly, ...
卑しいです卑しいですpolite presentkeeps the い
Every い-adjective works this way. The one exception is いい, which conjugates from its older form よい.
Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 卑しい いやしい iyashii | |
| past It was lowly. | 卑しかった いやしかった iyashikatta | |
| negative It isn't lowly. | 卑しくない いやしくない iyashikunai | |
| te-form It's lowly and … | 卑しくて いやしくて iyashikute | |
| past negative | 卑しくなかった いやしくなかった iyashikunakatta | |
| cond. ば If it's lowly, ... | 卑しければ いやしければ iyashikereba | |
| cond. たら | 卑しかったら いやしかったら iyashikattara |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 卑しいです いやしいです iyashiidesu | |
| past It was lowly. | 卑しかったです いやしかったです iyashikattadesu | |
| negative It isn't lowly. | 卑しくないです いやしくないです iyashikunaidesu | |
| past negative | 卑しくなかったです いやしくなかったです iyashikunakattadesu |