Japanese i-adjective
sabishii — lonely 寂しい
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 lonely sabishii 寂しい | is not lonely sabishikunai 寂しくない |
| Polite | sabishii desu 寂しいです | sabishikunai desu 寂しくないです | |
| Past | Plain | was lonely sabishikatta 寂しかった | was not lonely sabishikunakatta 寂しくなかった |
| Polite | sabishikatta desu 寂しかったです | sabishikunakatta desu 寂しくなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be lonely sabishii darō 寂しいだろう | sabishikunai darō 寂しくないだろう |
| Polite | sabishii deshō 寂しいでしょう | sabishikunai deshō 寂しくないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is lonely sabishikereba 寂しければ | if it is not lonely sabishikunakereba 寂しくなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | sabishikute 寂しくて | sabishikunakute 寂しくなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.