Japanese i-adjective
karui — light (not heavy) 軽い
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 light (not heavy) karui 軽い | is not light (not heavy) karukunai 軽くない |
| Polite | karui desu 軽いです | karukunai desu 軽くないです | |
| Past | Plain | was light (not heavy) karukatta 軽かった | was not light (not heavy) karukunakatta 軽くなかった |
| Polite | karukatta desu 軽かったです | karukunakatta desu 軽くなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be light (not heavy) karui darō 軽いだろう | karukunai darō 軽くないだろう |
| Polite | karui deshō 軽いでしょう | karukunai deshō 軽くないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is light (not heavy) karukereba 軽ければ | if it is not light (not heavy) karukunakereba 軽くなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | karukute 軽くて | karukunakute 軽くなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.