い-adjective
賢いかしこい
kashikoi賢い (かしこい, kashikoi) — wise — is an い-adjective: 賢かった (past), 賢くない (negative), 賢くて (te-form), 賢いです (polite).
It also means clever; smart.
How 賢い conjugates · い-adjective
Drop the final い, then add the ending.
Every form is built on the stem 賢. The one that isn't: the polite present, which is the whole word plus です.
賢い
dropsstem + ending
賢かった賢かったpast · It was smart.
賢くない賢くないnegative · It isn't smart.
賢くて賢くてte-form · It's smart and …
賢ければ賢ければif · If it's smart, ...
賢いです賢いですpolite presentkeeps the い
Every い-adjective works this way. The one exception is いい, which conjugates from its older form よい.
N5 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 賢い かしこい kashikoi | |
| past N5 It was smart. | 賢かった かしこかった kashikokatta | |
| negative N5 It isn't smart. | 賢くない かしこくない kashikokunai | |
| te-form N5 It's smart and … | 賢くて かしこくて kashikokute | |
| past negative N4 It wasn't smart. | 賢くなかった かしこくなかった kashikokunakatta | |
| cond. ば N3 If it's smart, ... | 賢ければ かしこければ kashikokereba | |
| cond. たら N3 If it turns out smart, ... | 賢かったら かしこかったら kashikokattara |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 賢いです かしこいです kashikoidesu | |
| past N5 It was smart. | 賢かったです かしこかったです kashikokattadesu | |
| negative N5 It isn't smart. | 賢くないです かしこくないです kashikokunaidesu | |
| past negative N4 It wasn't smart. | 賢くなかったです かしこくなかったです kashikokunakattadesu |