Japanese i-adjective
atarashii — new 新しい
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 new atarashii 新しい | is not new atarashikunai 新しくない |
| Polite | atarashii desu 新しいです | atarashikunai desu 新しくないです | |
| Past | Plain | was new atarashikatta 新しかった | was not new atarashikunakatta 新しくなかった |
| Polite | atarashikatta desu 新しかったです | atarashikunakatta desu 新しくなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be new atarashii darō 新しいだろう | atarashikunai darō 新しくないだろう |
| Polite | atarashii deshō 新しいでしょう | atarashikunai deshō 新しくないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is new atarashikereba 新しければ | if it is not new atarashikunakereba 新しくなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | atarashikute 新しくて | atarashikunakute 新しくなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.