12 docs tagged with "adjectives"

Adjective comparisons in Japanese sorted at N5: the AはBより〜 comparative, AよりBの方が〜 preference, どちらの方が question form, 一番 superlative, and ほど〜ない negative.

Adjective stem nominalization in Japanese: ～さ as the productive, measurable N4 suffix vs. ～み as the lexicalized, subjective N3 set, with 高さ / 高み in view.

Adjective te-form in Japanese, sorted at N5: い → くて, な + で, the よくて irregular, the negative なくて chain, and the listing vs causal split.

Adverbial forms of Japanese adjectives, sorted at N5: the い → く rule, な-adj + に, the よく irregular, and the なる / する / 言う / 走る verb collocations.

Attributive vs. predicative adjectives in Japanese, sorted at N5: why 静か needs な before a noun but だ at sentence end, why 大きい does not, and the 同じ exception.

Compound adjectives in Japanese sorted at N4: the V-stem + adjective recipe, and the productive (やすい, にくい, づらい, がたい, たい) vs. lexicalized split.

Equality and approximation in Japanese, sorted at N4: AはBと同じくらい〜, the くらい / ぐらい approximation reading, and the ほど〜ない "not as much as" pattern.

Japanese adjectives split into two classes: い-形容詞 conjugate like verbs, な-形容詞 like nouns plus な. How to tell them apart and why きれい is a な-adjective.

Na-adjective vs. noun in Japanese, sorted at N4: why 元気 is both, the 形容動詞 debate, dual-class roster, and the の vs な diagnostic for any word.

The いい / 良い irregular, sorted at N5: why the past is よかった, the よ stem swap for every non-present form, the four wrong forms, and the compound rule.

い-adjective conjugation, sorted at N5: the stem rule, all eight plain and polite tense-polarity cells, the て and く extensions, four classic mistakes.

な-adjective conjugation, sorted at N5: the base rule, all eight plain and polite tense-polarity cells, the な, に, で extensions, four classic mistakes.