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Lesson 14: It's red.
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This lesson is about adjectives. There are two types of adjectives in Japanese. These are い adjectives and な adjectives. い adjectives have an extra い at the end which can be used to modify their form. な adjectives usually do not have the い ending and must be followed by な if they come in front of a noun. な adjectives have a different way of being modified. It is also possible to make adjectives out of other nouns as in English. This lesson will introduce the い adjective. |
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Examples of い adjectives: ふるい |
old |
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Notice that all the adjectives above end in い. い adjectives can be used like adjectives in English. They come before the noun they modify. |
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Examples: ふるいくるま |
old car |
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I adjectives can also be used in the 'X です' and 'Xは Y です' patterns. Recall that ほんです。means It's a book. and わたしは ジョンです。 means I am John. Similarly, you can use the following pattern with i adjectives: adjective です :=: it's adjective |
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Examples: あおいです。 |
It's blue. |
| ねこは しろい です。 | The cat is white. |
| わたしの かさは あかい です。 | My umbrella is red. |
| くろいねこは ちいさい です。 | The black cat is small. |
| このでんわは あたらしい です。 | This phone is new. |
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| ふるい | old |
| あたらしい | new |
| おおきい | big |
| ちいさい | small |
| あかい | red |
| あおい | blue |
| くろい | black |
| しろい |
white |
| かさ | umbrella |
| でんわ | telephone (n.) |