い-adjective
易しいやさしい
yasashiiAlso read やさしい: 優しい (kind). All 2 words
易しい (やさしい, yasashii) — easy — is an い-adjective: やさしかった (past), やさしくない (negative), やさしくて (te-form), やさしいです (polite).
It is usually written in kana: やさしい rather than 易しい. It also means plain; simple.
How やさしい conjugates · い-adjective
Drop the final い, then add the ending.
Every form is built on the stem やさし. The one that isn't: the polite present, which is the whole word plus です.
やさしい
dropsstem + ending
やさしかったやさしかったpast · It was easy.
やさしくないやさしくないnegative · It isn't easy.
やさしくてやさしくてte-form · It's easy and …
やさしければやさしければif · If it's easy, ...
やさしいですやさしいです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 N5 | やさしい 易しい yasashii | |
| past N5 It was easy. | やさしかった 易しかった yasashikatta | |
| negative N5 It isn't easy. | やさしくない 易しくない yasashikunai | |
| te-form N5 It's easy and … | やさしくて 易しくて yasashikute | |
| past negative N4 It wasn't easy. | やさしくなかった 易しくなかった yasashikunakatta | |
| cond. ば N3 If it's easy, ... | やさしければ 易しければ yasashikereba | |
| cond. たら N3 | やさしかったら 易しかったら yasashikattara |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | やさしいです 易しいです yasashiidesu | |
| past N5 It was easy. | やさしかったです 易しかったです yasashikattadesu | |
| negative N5 It isn't easy. | やさしくないです 易しくないです yasashikunaidesu | |
| past negative N4 It wasn't easy. | やさしくなかったです 易しくなかったです yasashikunakattadesu |