Japanese i-adjective
tsumetai — cold 冷たたい
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 cold tsumetai 冷たたい | is not cold tsumetakunai 冷たたくない |
| Polite | tsumetai desu 冷たたいです | tsumetakunai desu 冷たたくないです | |
| Past | Plain | was cold tsumetakatta 冷たたかった | was not cold tsumetakunakatta 冷たたくなかった |
| Polite | tsumetakatta desu 冷たたかったです | tsumetakunakatta desu 冷たたくなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be cold tsumetai darō 冷たたいだろう | tsumetakunai darō 冷たたくないだろう |
| Polite | tsumetai deshō 冷たたいでしょう | tsumetakunai deshō 冷たたくないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is cold tsumetakereba 冷たたければ | if it is not cold tsumetakunakereba 冷たたくなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | tsumetakute 冷たたくて | tsumetakunakute 冷たたくなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.