Katsuyo

い-adjective

諄いくどい

kudoi

repetitious · N2

諄い (くどい, kudoi) — repetitious — is an -adjective: くどかった (past), くどくない (negative), くどくて (te-form), くどいです (polite).

It is usually written in kana: くどい rather than 諄い. It also means long-winded; tedious.

How くどい conjugates · -adjective

Drop the final , then add the ending.

Every form is built on the stem くど. The one that isn't: the polite present, which is the whole word plus です.

くど dropsstem + ending
くどかったくどかったpast · It was long-winded. くどくないくどくないnegative · It isn't long-winded. くどくてくどくてte-form · It's long-winded and … くどければくどければif くどいですくどいですpolite presentkeeps the い

Every -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.

Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.

PLAIN

FormConjugationAudio
present N5 くどい 諄い kudoi
past N5 It was long-winded. くどかった 諄かった kudokatta
negative N5 It isn't long-winded. くどくない 諄くない kudokunai
te-form N5 It's long-winded and … くどくて 諄くて kudokute
past negative N4 It wasn't long-winded. くどくなかった 諄くなかった kudokunakatta
cond. ば N3 くどければ 諄ければ kudokereba
cond. たら N3 If it's long-winded, ... くどかったら 諄かったら kudokattara

POLITE

FormConjugationAudio
present N5 くどいです 諄いです kudoidesu
past N5 It was long-winded. くどかったです 諄かったです kudokattadesu
negative N5 It isn't long-winded. くどくないです 諄くないです kudokunaidesu
past negative N4 It wasn't long-winded. くどくなかったです 諄くなかったです kudokunakattadesu