Japanese i-adjective
subarashii — wonderful 素晴らしい
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 wonderful subarashii 素晴らしい | is not wonderful subarashikunai 素晴らしくない |
| Polite | subarashii desu 素晴らしいです | subarashikunai desu 素晴らしくないです | |
| Past | Plain | was wonderful subarashikatta 素晴らしかった | was not wonderful subarashikunakatta 素晴らしくなかった |
| Polite | subarashikatta desu 素晴らしかったです | subarashikunakatta desu 素晴らしくなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be wonderful subarashii darō 素晴らしいだろう | subarashikunai darō 素晴らしくないだろう |
| Polite | subarashii deshō 素晴らしいでしょう | subarashikunai deshō 素晴らしくないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is wonderful subarashikereba 素晴らしければ | if it is not wonderful subarashikunakereba 素晴らしくなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | subarashikute 素晴らしくて | subarashikunakute 素晴らしくなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.