い-adjective
多いおおい
ooi多い (おおい, ooi) — many — is an い-adjective: 多かった (past), 多くない (negative), 多くて (te-form), 多いです (polite).
It also means numerous; a lot.
How 多い conjugates · い-adjective
Drop the final い, then add the ending.
Every form is built on the stem 多. The one that isn't: the polite present, which is the whole word plus です.
多い
dropsstem + ending
多かった多かったpast · There were many of them.
多くない多くないnegative · There aren't many of them.
多くて多くてte-form · There are many of them and …
多ければ多ければif · If there are many of them, ...
多いです多いです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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PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 多い おおい ooi | |
| past There were many of them. | 多かった おおかった ookatta | |
| negative There aren't many of them. | 多くない おおくない ookunai | |
| te-form There are many of them and … | 多くて おおくて ookute | |
| past negative N4 There weren't many of them. | 多くなかった おおくなかった ookunakatta | |
| cond. ば N3 If there are many of them, ... | 多ければ おおければ ookereba | |
| cond. たら N3 When there are a lot of them, ... | 多かったら おおかったら ookattara |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 多いです おおいです ooidesu | |
| past There were many of them. | 多かったです おおかったです ookattadesu | |
| negative There aren't many of them. | 多くないです おおくないです ookunaidesu | |
| past negative N4 There weren't many of them. | 多くなかったです おおくなかったです ookunakattadesu |