Japanese i-adjective
hiroi — wide 広い
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 wide hiroi 広い | is not wide hirokunai 広くない |
| Polite | hiroi desu 広いです | hirokunai desu 広くないです | |
| Past | Plain | was wide hirokatta 広かった | was not wide hirokunakatta 広くなかった |
| Polite | hirokatta desu 広かったです | hirokunakatta desu 広くなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be wide hiroi darō 広いだろう | hirokunai darō 広くないだろう |
| Polite | hiroi deshō 広いでしょう | hirokunai deshō 広くないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is wide hirokereba 広ければ | if it is not wide hirokunakereba 広くなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | hirokute 広くて | hirokunakute 広くなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.