Japanese i-adjective
abunai — dangerous 危ない
Explore the principal positive, negative, past, non-past and conditional forms of this Japanese adjective.
How i-adjectives conjugate
The final い changes to create negative, past and connecting forms. The adjective itself carries this grammatical information, so a separate verb is not required in the plain forms.
Conjugation table
The English glosses are approximate; the natural translation depends on the surrounding sentence.
| Form | Style | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present (non-past) | Plain | is dangerous abunai 危ない | is not dangerous abunakunai 危なくない |
| Polite | abunai desu 危ないです | abunakunai desu 危なくないです | |
| Past | Plain | was dangerous abunakatta 危なかった | was not dangerous abunakunakatta 危なくなかった |
| Polite | abunakatta desu 危なかったです | abunakunakatta desu 危なくなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be dangerous abunai darō 危ないだろう | abunakunai darō 危なくないだろう |
| Polite | abunai deshō 危ないでしょう | abunakunai deshō 危なくないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is dangerous abunakereba 危なければ | if it is not dangerous abunakunakereba 危なくなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | abunakute 危なくて | abunakunakute 危なくなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.