Beginner Japanese/Adjectives

Reading

• Adjectives Explained at Tae Kim's Japanese Guide to Japanese Grammar

Lesson

Basic forms of an adjective

Using basic Adjectives:

Red:

• あかい (akai, red.) Present tense.　
• あかかった (akakatta, was red.) Past tense.

Examples using Kanji：

• それは 赤い です。(sore wa akai desu, that is red.)
• これは 長い です。(kore wa nagai desu, this is long.)
• それは 赤かった です。(sore wa akakatta desu, that was red.)

Practise

• Use the adjectives at Japanese Vocabulary – Adjectives and write a sentence.

Further reading

• Japanese Vocabulary – Adjectives.

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