い-adjective
難いかたい
kataiAlso read かたい: 硬い (hard). All 2 words
難い (かたい, katai) — difficult — is an い-adjective: 難かった (past), 難くない (negative), 難くて (te-form), 難いです (polite).
It also means hard.
How 難い conjugates · い-adjective
Drop the final い, then add the ending.
Every form is built on the stem 難. The one that isn't: the polite present, which is the whole word plus です.
難い
dropsstem + ending
難かった難かったpast · It was difficult.
難くない難くないnegative · It isn't difficult.
難くて難くてte-form · It's difficult and …
難ければ難ければif
難いです難いです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 | 難い かたい katai | |
| past It was difficult. | 難かった かたかった katakatta | |
| negative It isn't difficult. | 難くない かたくない katakunai | |
| te-form It's difficult and … | 難くて かたくて katakute | |
| past negative It wasn't difficult. | 難くなかった かたくなかった katakunakatta | |
| cond. ば | 難ければ かたければ katakereba | |
| cond. たら | 難かったら かたかったら katakattara |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 難いです かたいです kataidesu | |
| past It was difficult. | 難かったです かたかったです katakattadesu | |
| negative It isn't difficult. | 難くないです かたくないです katakunaidesu | |
| past negative It wasn't difficult. | 難くなかったです かたくなかったです katakunakattadesu |