Japanese i-adjective
semai — narrow 狭い
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 narrow semai 狭い | is not narrow semakunai 狭くない |
| Polite | semai desu 狭いです | semakunai desu 狭くないです | |
| Past | Plain | was narrow semakatta 狭かった | was not narrow semakunakatta 狭くなかった |
| Polite | semakatta desu 狭かったです | semakunakatta desu 狭くなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be narrow semai darō 狭いだろう | semakunai darō 狭くないだろう |
| Polite | semai deshō 狭いでしょう | semakunai deshō 狭くないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is narrow semakereba 狭ければ | if it is not narrow semakunakereba 狭くなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | semakute 狭くて | semakunakute 狭くなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.