Japanese i-adjective
yawarakai — tender - soft 柔らかい
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 tender - soft yawarakai 柔らかい | is not tender - soft yawarakakunai 柔らかくない |
| Polite | yawarakai desu 柔らかいです | yawarakakunai desu 柔らかくないです | |
| Past | Plain | was tender - soft yawarakakatta 柔らかかった | was not tender - soft yawarakakunakatta 柔らかくなかった |
| Polite | yawarakakatta desu 柔らかかったです | yawarakakunakatta desu 柔らかくなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be tender - soft yawarakai darō 柔らかいだろう | yawarakakunai darō 柔らかくないだろう |
| Polite | yawarakai deshō 柔らかいでしょう | yawarakakunai deshō 柔らかくないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is tender - soft yawarakakereba 柔らかければ | if it is not tender - soft yawarakakunakereba 柔らかくなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | yawarakakute 柔らかくて | yawarakakunakute 柔らかくなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.