Japanese i-adjective
aoi — blue 青い
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 blue aoi 青い | is not blue aokunai 青くない |
| Polite | aoi desu 青いです | aokunai desu 青くないです | |
| Past | Plain | was blue aokatta 青かった | was not blue aokunakatta 青くなかった |
| Polite | aokatta desu 青かったです | aokunakatta desu 青くなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be blue aoi darō 青いだろう | aokunai darō 青くないだろう |
| Polite | aoi deshō 青いでしょう | aokunai deshō 青くないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is blue aokereba 青ければ | if it is not blue aokunakereba 青くなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | aokute 青くて | aokunakute 青くなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.