Japanese i-adjective
suzushii — cool 涼しい
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 cool suzushii 涼しい | is not cool suzushikunai 涼しくない |
| Polite | suzushii desu 涼しいです | suzushikunai desu 涼しくないです | |
| Past | Plain | was cool suzushikatta 涼しかった | was not cool suzushikunakatta 涼しくなかった |
| Polite | suzushikatta desu 涼しかったです | suzushikunakatta desu 涼しくなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be cool suzushii darō 涼しいだろう | suzushikunai darō 涼しくないだろう |
| Polite | suzushii deshō 涼しいでしょう | suzushikunai deshō 涼しくないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is cool suzushikereba 涼しければ | if it is not cool suzushikunakereba 涼しくなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | suzushikute 涼しくて | suzushikunakute 涼しくなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.