Japanese i-adjective
omoshiroi — interesting - funny 面白い
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 interesting - funny omoshiroi 面白い | is not interesting - funny omoshirokunai 面白くない |
| Polite | omoshiroi desu 面白いです | omoshirokunai desu 面白くないです | |
| Past | Plain | was interesting - funny omoshirokatta 面白かった | was not interesting - funny omoshirokunakatta 面白くなかった |
| Polite | omoshirokatta desu 面白かったです | omoshirokunakatta desu 面白くなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be interesting - funny omoshiroi darō 面白いだろう | omoshirokunai darō 面白くないだろう |
| Polite | omoshiroi deshō 面白いでしょう | omoshirokunai deshō 面白くないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is interesting - funny omoshirokereba 面白ければ | if it is not interesting - funny omoshirokunakereba 面白くなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | omoshirokute 面白くて | omoshirokunakute 面白くなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.