Japanese i-adjective
kiiroi — yellow 黄色い
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 yellow kiiroi 黄色い | is not yellow kiirokunai 黄色くない |
| Polite | kiiroi desu 黄色いです | kiirokunai desu 黄色くないです | |
| Past | Plain | was yellow kiirokatta 黄色かった | was not yellow kiirokunakatta 黄色くなかった |
| Polite | kiirokatta desu 黄色かったです | kiirokunakatta desu 黄色くなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be yellow kiiroi darō 黄色いだろう | kiirokunai darō 黄色くないだろう |
| Polite | kiiroi deshō 黄色いでしょう | kiirokunai deshō 黄色くないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is yellow kiirokereba 黄色ければ | if it is not yellow kiirokunakereba 黄色くなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | kiirokute 黄色くて | kiirokunakute 黄色くなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.