Japanese i-adjective
atsui — hot 暑い
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 hot atsui 暑い | is not hot atsukunai 暑くない |
| Polite | atsui desu 暑いです | atsukunai desu 暑くないです | |
| Past | Plain | was hot atsukatta 暑かった | was not hot atsukunakatta 暑くなかった |
| Polite | atsukatta desu 暑かったです | atsukunakatta desu 暑くなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be hot atsui darō 暑いだろう | atsukunai darō 暑くないだろう |
| Polite | atsui deshō 暑いでしょう | atsukunai deshō 暑くないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is hot atsukereba 暑ければ | if it is not hot atsukunakereba 暑くなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | atsukute 暑くて | atsukunakute 暑くなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.