Japanese i-adjective
mijikai — short 短い
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 short mijikai 短い | is not short mijikakunai 短くない |
| Polite | mijikai desu 短いです | mijikakunai desu 短くないです | |
| Past | Plain | was short mijikakatta 短かった | was not short mijikakunakatta 短くなかった |
| Polite | mijikakatta desu 短かったです | mijikakunakatta desu 短くなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be short mijikai darō 短いだろう | mijikakunai darō 短くないだろう |
| Polite | mijikai deshō 短いでしょう | mijikakunai deshō 短くないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is short mijikakereba 短ければ | if it is not short mijikakunakereba 短くなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | mijikakute 短くて | mijikakunakute 短くなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.