Japanese i-adjective
hidoi — awful 酷い
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 awful hidoi 酷い | is not awful hidokunai 酷くない |
| Polite | hidoi desu 酷いです | hidokunai desu 酷くないです | |
| Past | Plain | was awful hidokatta 酷かった | was not awful hidokunakatta 酷くなかった |
| Polite | hidokatta desu 酷かったです | hidokunakatta desu 酷くなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be awful hidoi darō 酷いだろう | hidokunai darō 酷くないだろう |
| Polite | hidoi deshō 酷いでしょう | hidokunai deshō 酷くないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is awful hidokereba 酷ければ | if it is not awful hidokunakereba 酷くなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | hidokute 酷くて | hidokunakute 酷くなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.