Hello! I am Mayo, a Japanese YouTuber/ japanese language teacher.
Today, I wanna teach you about Japanese Adjective which is called 形容詞 (Keiyoshi) in Japanese.
2 types of adjectives in Japanese
In Japanese, there are 2 types of Adjectives.い形容詞(I adjectives)&な形容詞(NA adjectives)
There are differences in shapes and how to use them.
Examples for I adjectives(い形容詞)
“Mt. Fuji is high”
→富士山は高いです。
If you want to make this sentence negative, there will be several forms.
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Making Negative form of I adjective
- Erase い(i)
- Put く(ku)
- Put ないですor はないです or くありません or くはありません
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Examples for NA adjectives(な形容詞)
“Cherry blossoms are beautiful.”
→桜はきれいです。
If you want to make this sentence negative, you have to put じゃないですor ではないです or じゃありません or ではありません
I hope you understand what are the 2 types of Adjectives and how to make negative forms.
I will probably make another article about how to make various sentences of 2 types of adjectives.
So, stay tuned!
YouTube video about 2 types of Adjectives.
