Types of Adjectives + Negative Conjugation

Introduction

Heeeey! How are you doing today? Everyone here in team MM has been having a busy day (because Maru “accidentally” ate the office bamboo plant), but that hasn’t stopped us from getting everything ready for you to have a great lesson!

Remember us talking about adjectives and how there are two types of them in Japanese? We’re finally going to properly learn what they are and how they work. Ready to take a jump in progress? せえーの！

Adjectives ❤️ Nouns

So the first question is, why do we need adjectives? The answer is that it allows us to describe things: a red chair, a big table, and so on. In other words, we need adjectives to describe nouns!

Structure

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  い-adjectiveNoun
  Example:
  → それはかわいいドレスだ。
  ”That is a cute dress.”

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  な-AdjectiveなNoun
  Example:
  → サムはしずかな人ひとです。
  ”Sam is a quiet person.”