Japanese i-adjective
atatakai — warm 温かい
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 warm atatakai 温かい | is not warm atatakakunai 温かくない |
| Polite | atatakai desu 温かいです | atatakakunai desu 温かくないです | |
| Past | Plain | was warm atatakakatta 温かかった | was not warm atatakakunakatta 温かくなかった |
| Polite | atatakakatta desu 温かかったです | atatakakunakatta desu 温かくなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be warm atatakai darō 温かいだろう | atatakakunai darō 温かくないだろう |
| Polite | atatakai deshō 温かいでしょう | atatakakunai deshō 温かくないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is warm atatakakereba 温かければ | if it is not warm atatakakunakereba 温かくなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | atatakakute 温かくて | atatakakunakute 温かくなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.