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Conjugating adjectives :|

Tomii515

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16 Feb 2006
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Hello~~

Well, I had a question about conjugating adjective, since apparently there are two ways. I just wanted to know which way is used to most or something... The book uses one, and just tells you about ther other... so anyways:

i-adj.:

present: 楽しいです
past: 楽しかったです
negative: 楽しくありません/楽しくないです
past-negative: 楽しくありませんでした/楽しくなかったです

na-adj.:

present: 元気です
past: 元気でした
negative: 元気じゃありません/元気じゃないです
past-negative: 元気じゃありませんでした/元気じゃなかったです

:oops:

Thanks for whoever helps~
 
Ohh, ok. My book just says some speakers follow a more regular conjugation, where desu is inert in both polarities. dadadaa
 
Not necessarily, adding では just makes you sound ultra formal / more direct which isn't always the best choice in every situation.
What I meant was there really are not that many "half-way" (sukoshii kudakete) cases to which "ja arimasen" applies.

Normally it is either "de wa arimasen" or "ja nai" deshoukane....😊
 
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