な-adjective
綺麗きれい
kirei綺麗 (きれい, kirei) — pretty — is a な-adjective: きれいだった (past), きれいじゃない (negative), きれいで (te-form), きれいです (polite).
It is usually written in kana: きれい rather than 綺麗. It also means lovely; beautiful.
How きれい 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.
きれい
whole word + ending
きれいだったきれいだったpast · It was beautiful.
きれいじゃないきれいじゃないnegative · It isn't beautiful.
きれいできれいでte-form · It's beautiful and …
きれいならきれいならif · If it's beautiful, ...
きれいですきれいですpolite present · It's beautiful.
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 It's beautiful. | きれいだ 綺麗だ kireida | |
| past It was beautiful. | きれいだった 綺麗だった kireidatta | |
| negative It isn't beautiful. | きれいじゃない 綺麗じゃない kireijanai | |
| te-form It's beautiful and … | きれいで 綺麗で kireide | |
| past negative N4 It wasn't beautiful. | きれいじゃなかった 綺麗じゃなかった kireijanakatta | |
| cond. なら N3 If it's beautiful, ... | きれいなら 綺麗なら kireinara | |
| cond. たら N3 If it turns out beautiful, ... | きれいだったら 綺麗だったら kireidattara |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present It's beautiful. | きれいです 綺麗です kireidesu | |
| past It was beautiful. | きれいでした 綺麗でした kireideshita | |
| negative It isn't beautiful. | きれいじゃないです 綺麗じゃないです kireijanaidesu | |
| past negative N4 It wasn't beautiful. | きれいじゃなかったです 綺麗じゃなかったです kireijanakattadesu |