Adjectives

In Japanese

…are the words that describe a

noun

Adjectives

Big Huge Small

Round Rectangular

In English they come

in all shapes

and sizes

2 easily distinguishable groups

But in Japanese they can be put into

Try dividing these into 2 groups

へん

じょうず

たのしい

おいしい

おもしろい

げんき

やさしい

むずかしい

まずい

へた

しんせつしずか

Remember…

Japanese is a phonetic language

Thinking music...

Hopefully your list ended up something like this …

へん

じょうず

たのしい

おいしい

おもしろい

げんきやさしい

むずかしい

まずい

へた

しんせつ

しずか

I-adjectives

These are adjectives that end in hiragana "i"

The "i" serves as a link to the noun...

It links the adjective to the

word it describes

The 'i' at the end is what links

the adjective

to the noun

い

However, there are a couple of exceptions...

I-adjectives

A few adjectives that end in "i" are

not i-adjectives

We need to learn these as

we come across them

Here are the ones we need to know

Remember - these are Na-adjectives

Na-adjectivesMost of these do not end

in "i"

Therefore they need something to link it to the noun...

No guessing why they're called "na" adjectives!

But...

NO 'na' before 'desu'

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School with funds provided by the Australian Government through the

Languages Program.