な-adjective
沢山たくさん
takusan沢山 (たくさん, takusan) — a lot — is a な-adjective: たくさんだった (past), たくさんじゃない (negative), たくさんで (te-form), たくさんです (polite).
It is usually written in kana: たくさん rather than 沢山. It also means lots; plenty.
How たくさん 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.
たくさん
whole word + ending
たくさんだったたくさんだったpast · There was a lot of it.
たくさんじゃないたくさんじゃないnegative · There isn't a lot of it.
たくさんでたくさんでte-form · There's a lot of it and …
たくさんならたくさんならif · If there's a lot of it, ...
たくさんですたくさんですpolite present · There's a lot of it.
Before a noun it takes な, which is what names the class.
N5 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 There's a lot of it. | たくさんだ 沢山だ takusanda | |
| past N5 There was a lot of it. | たくさんだった 沢山だった takusandatta | |
| negative N5 There isn't a lot of it. | たくさんじゃない 沢山じゃない takusanjanai | |
| te-form N5 There's a lot of it and … | たくさんで 沢山で takusande | |
| past negative N4 There wasn't a lot of it. | たくさんじゃなかった 沢山じゃなかった takusanjanakatta | |
| cond. なら N3 If there's a lot of it, ... | たくさんなら 沢山なら takusannara | |
| cond. たら N3 When there's a lot of it, ... | たくさんだったら 沢山だったら takusandattara |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 There's a lot of it. | たくさんです 沢山です takusandesu | |
| past N5 There was a lot of it. | たくさんでした 沢山でした takusandeshita | |
| negative N5 There isn't a lot of it. | たくさんじゃないです 沢山じゃないです takusanjanaidesu | |
| past negative N4 There wasn't a lot of it. | たくさんじゃなかったです 沢山じゃなかったです takusanjanakattadesu |