い-adjective
安っぽいやすっぽい
yasuppoi安っぽい (やすっぽい, yasuppoi) — cheap-looking — is an い-adjective: 安っぽかった (past), 安っぽくない (negative), 安っぽくて (te-form), 安っぽいです (polite).
It also means tawdry; insignificant.
How 安っぽい conjugates · い-adjective
Drop the final い, then add the ending.
Every form is built on the stem 安っぽ. The one that isn't: the polite present, which is the whole word plus です.
安っぽい
dropsstem + ending
安っぽかった安っぽかったpast · It was cheap-looking.
安っぽくない安っぽくないnegative · It isn't cheap-looking.
安っぽくて安っぽくてte-form · It's cheap-looking and …
安っぽければ安っぽければif
安っぽいです安っぽいですpolite presentkeeps the い
Every い-adjective works this way. The one exception is いい, which conjugates from its older form よい.
Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 安っぽい やすっぽい yasuppoi | |
| past It was cheap-looking. | 安っぽかった やすっぽかった yasuppokatta | |
| negative It isn't cheap-looking. | 安っぽくない やすっぽくない yasuppokunai | |
| te-form It's cheap-looking and … | 安っぽくて やすっぽくて yasuppokute | |
| past negative It wasn't cheap-looking. | 安っぽくなかった やすっぽくなかった yasuppokunakatta | |
| cond. ば | 安っぽければ やすっぽければ yasuppokereba | |
| cond. たら If it's cheap-looking, ... | 安っぽかったら やすっぽかったら yasuppokattara |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present | 安っぽいです やすっぽいです yasuppoidesu | |
| past It was cheap-looking. | 安っぽかったです やすっぽかったです yasuppokattadesu | |
| negative It isn't cheap-looking. | 安っぽくないです やすっぽくないです yasuppokunaidesu | |
| past negative It wasn't cheap-looking. | 安っぽくなかったです やすっぽくなかったです yasuppokunakattadesu |