な-adjective
嫌いきらい
kirai嫌い (きらい, kirai) — disliked — is a な-adjective: 嫌いだった (past), 嫌いじゃない (negative), 嫌いで (te-form), 嫌いです (polite).
It also means hated; disagreeable.
How 嫌い 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.
嫌い
whole word + ending
嫌いだった嫌いだったpast · I disliked it.
嫌いじゃない嫌いじゃないnegative · I don't dislike it.
嫌いで嫌いでte-form · I dislike it and …
嫌いなら嫌いならif · If I dislike it, ...
嫌いです嫌いですpolite present · I dislike it.
Before a noun it takes な, which is what names the class.
N4 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present I dislike it. | 嫌いだ きらいだ kiraida | |
| past I disliked it. | 嫌いだった きらいだった kiraidatta | |
| negative I don't dislike it. | 嫌いじゃない きらいじゃない kiraijanai | |
| te-form I dislike it and … | 嫌いで きらいで kiraide | |
| past negative N4 I didn't dislike it. | 嫌いじゃなかった きらいじゃなかった kiraijanakatta | |
| cond. なら N3 If I dislike it, ... | 嫌いなら きらいなら kirainara | |
| cond. たら N3 When I dislike it, ... | 嫌いだったら きらいだったら kiraidattara |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present I dislike it. | 嫌いです きらいです kiraidesu | |
| past I disliked it. | 嫌いでした きらいでした kiraideshita | |
| negative I don't dislike it. | 嫌いじゃないです きらいじゃないです kiraijanaidesu | |
| past negative N4 I didn't dislike it. | 嫌いじゃなかったです きらいじゃなかったです kiraijanakattadesu |