Japanese i-adjective
amai — sweet 甘い
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 sweet amai 甘い | is not sweet amakunai 甘くない |
| Polite | amai desu 甘いです | amakunai desu 甘くないです | |
| Past | Plain | was sweet amakatta 甘かった | was not sweet amakunakatta 甘くなかった |
| Polite | amakatta desu 甘かったです | amakunakatta desu 甘くなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be sweet amai darō 甘いだろう | amakunai darō 甘くないだろう |
| Polite | amai deshō 甘いでしょう | amakunai deshō 甘くないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is sweet amakereba 甘ければ | if it is not sweet amakunakereba 甘くなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | amakute 甘くて | amakunakute 甘くなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.