い-adjective
怖いこわい
kowai怖い (こわい, kowai) — scary — is an い-adjective: 怖かった (past), 怖くない (negative), 怖くて (te-form), 怖いです (polite).
It also means frightening; eerie.
How 怖い conjugates · い-adjective
Drop the final い, then add the ending.
Every form is built on the stem 怖. The one that isn't: the polite present, which is the whole word plus です.
怖い
dropsstem + ending
怖かった怖かったpast · It was scary.
怖くない怖くないnegative · It isn't scary.
怖くて怖くてte-form · It's scary and …
怖ければ怖ければif
怖いです怖いですpolite presentkeeps the い
Every い-adjective works this way. The one exception is いい, which conjugates from its older form よい.
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Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 怖い こわい kowai | |
| past It was scary. | 怖かった こわかった kowakatta | |
| negative It isn't scary. | 怖くない こわくない kowakunai | |
| te-form It's scary and … | 怖くて こわくて kowakute | |
| past negative It wasn't scary. | 怖くなかった こわくなかった kowakunakatta | |
| cond. ば N3 | 怖ければ こわければ kowakereba | |
| cond. たら N3 If it turns out scary, ... | 怖かったら こわかったら kowakattara |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 怖いです こわいです kowaidesu | |
| past It was scary. | 怖かったです こわかったです kowakattadesu | |
| negative It isn't scary. | 怖くないです こわくないです kowakunaidesu | |
| past negative It wasn't scary. | 怖くなかったです こわくなかったです kowakunakattadesu |