Japanese Adjectives

• Adjectives in Japanese are different from their English counterparts. They do strange things like change with tenses & moods...

• Adjectives are split into 2 groups.  -i adjectives and -na adjectives.   

• We will look at the two groups closely, but don't feel you have to learn everything at once. Give it some time to sink in.

THE -i ADJECTIVES

THE -na ADJECTIVES

Examples of -na Adjectives: These may or may not end in -i but when used before nouns -na is added CLICK TO STUDY!

kirei - pretty, beautiful kirei na onna - pretty woman shizuka - quiet shizuka na yoru - quiet night rippa - great, splendid rippa na boushi - great hat