Japanese i-adjective
hosoi — thin - fine 細い
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 thin - fine hosoi 細い | is not thin - fine hosokunai 細くない |
| Polite | hosoi desu 細いです | hosokunai desu 細くないです | |
| Past | Plain | was thin - fine hosokatta 細かった | was not thin - fine hosokunakatta 細くなかった |
| Polite | hosokatta desu 細かったです | hosokunakatta desu 細くなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be thin - fine hosoi darō 細いだろう | hosokunai darō 細くないだろう |
| Polite | hosoi deshō 細いでしょう | hosokunai deshō 細くないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is thin - fine hosokereba 細ければ | if it is not thin - fine hosokunakereba 細くなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | hosokute 細くて | hosokunakute 細くなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.