Japanese i-adjective
hikui — low 低い
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 low hikui 低い | is not low hikukunai 低くない |
| Polite | hikui desu 低いです | hikukunai desu 低くないです | |
| Past | Plain | was low hikukatta 低かった | was not low hikukunakatta 低くなかった |
| Polite | hikukatta desu 低かったです | hikukunakatta desu 低くなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be low hikui darō 低いだろう | hikukunai darō 低くないだろう |
| Polite | hikui deshō 低いでしょう | hikukunai deshō 低くないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is low hikukereba 低ければ | if it is not low hikukunakereba 低くなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | hikukute 低くて | hikukunakute 低くなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.