い-adjective
素早いすばやい
subayai素早い (すばやい, subayai) — quick — is an い-adjective: 素早かった (past), 素早くない (negative), 素早くて (te-form), 素早いです (polite).
It also means swift; nimble.
How 素早い conjugates · い-adjective
Drop the final い, then add the ending.
Every form is built on the stem 素早. The one that isn't: the polite present, which is the whole word plus です.
素早い
dropsstem + ending
素早かった素早かったpast · It was swift.
素早くない素早くないnegative · It isn't swift.
素早くて素早くてte-form · It's swift and …
素早ければ素早ければif · If it's swift, ...
素早いです素早いですpolite presentkeeps the い
Every い-adjective works this way. The one exception is いい, which conjugates from its older form よい.
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
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 素早い すばやい subayai | |
| past N5 It was swift. | 素早かった すばやかった subayakatta | |
| negative N5 It isn't swift. | 素早くない すばやくない subayakunai | |
| te-form N5 It's swift and … | 素早くて すばやくて subayakute | |
| past negative N4 It wasn't swift. | 素早くなかった すばやくなかった subayakunakatta | |
| cond. ば N3 If it's swift, ... | 素早ければ すばやければ subayakereba | |
| cond. たら N3 | 素早かったら すばやかったら subayakattara |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 素早いです すばやいです subayaidesu | |
| past N5 It was swift. | 素早かったです すばやかったです subayakattadesu | |
| negative N5 It isn't swift. | 素早くないです すばやくないです subayakunaidesu | |
| past negative N4 It wasn't swift. | 素早くなかったです すばやくなかったです subayakunakattadesu |