な-adjective
有名ゆうめい
yuumei有名 (ゆうめい, yuumei) — famous — is a な-adjective: 有名だった (past), 有名じゃない (negative), 有名で (te-form), 有名です (polite).
It also means well-known.
How 有名 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.
有名
whole word + ending
有名だった有名だったpast · It was famous.
有名じゃない有名じゃないnegative · It isn't famous.
有名で有名でte-form · It's famous and …
有名なら有名ならif · If it's famous, ...
有名です有名ですpolite present · It's famous.
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.
Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 It's famous. | 有名だ ゆうめいだ yuumeida | |
| past N5 It was famous. | 有名だった ゆうめいだった yuumeidatta | |
| negative N5 It isn't famous. | 有名じゃない ゆうめいじゃない yuumeijanai | |
| te-form N5 It's famous and … | 有名で ゆうめいで yuumeide | |
| past negative N4 It wasn't famous. | 有名じゃなかった ゆうめいじゃなかった yuumeijanakatta | |
| cond. なら N3 If it's famous, ... | 有名なら ゆうめいなら yuumeinara | |
| cond. たら N3 | 有名だったら ゆうめいだったら yuumeidattara |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 It's famous. | 有名です ゆうめいです yuumeidesu | |
| past N5 It was famous. | 有名でした ゆうめいでした yuumeideshita | |
| negative N5 It isn't famous. | 有名じゃないです ゆうめいじゃないです yuumeijanaidesu | |
| past negative N4 It wasn't famous. | 有名じゃなかったです ゆうめいじゃなかったです yuumeijanakattadesu |