Adjectives
These aren't that hard.
They always end in -ai, ii, ui, or -oi.
They never end in -ei; that would be a noun.
Basically, you replace "i" with a form of "ka" to inflect.
| yasashii | It's nice. |
| yasashikunai | It's not nice. |
| yasashikatta | It was nice. |
| yasashikunakatta | It was not nice. |
| yasashikattara | If it's nice. |
| yasashikattari | possible I suppose but not heard often. |
| yasashikereba | If it's nice. |
| yasashikunatte | "Be nice." (command) |
These inflections follow what a "ka+u" verb would do. If you can conjugate "kau" (to buy), you can conjugate every Japanese adjective.
(Just note that you don't say: "atsukaseru" for
"make something hot" you say "atsuku suru".)
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