Adjectives

Question 1

あおい

Answer 1

Blue-green (meaning it is used to describe the entire colour spectrum from blue to green, both grass and the sky are coloured aoi

Question 2

あかい

Answer 2

Red

Question 3

しろい

Answer 3

White

Question 4

くろい

Answer 4

Black

Question 5

きいろい

Answer 5

Yellow

Question 6

いぬは くろい です

Answer 6

The Dog is Black

Question 7

くろい いぬ です

Answer 7

it is a black dog

Question 8

せんせいは いい です

あなたは せんせいは いい です

あなたは いい せんせい です

Answer 8

The teacher is good

a broken sentence attempting to say “you are a good teacher”

The correct way to say “you are a good teacher”

Question 9

これは しろい ねこ です

Answer 9

This is a white cat

Question 10

これは しろい ごみばこ ではありません

Answer 10

This is not a white garbage can

Question 11

みどり

Answer 11

Green - noun

Question 12

むらさき

Answer 12

Purple - noun

Question 13

いろ

Answer 13

Colour - noun

Question 14

ちゃいろ

Answer 14

Brown (literally means tea colour) - noun

Question 15

オレンジいろ

Answer 15

orange (literally means the colour of an orange) - noun

Question 16

ねずみいろ

Answer 16

Grey (literally means mouse colour) - noun

Question 17

グレー

Answer 17

Grey - noun

Question 18

むらさきの さら です

Answer 18

It is a purple dish (it is a dish of the colour purple)

Question 19

はなこちゃんは オレンジいろの ねこ です

Answer 19

Hanako-chan is an orange cat

Question 20

な

Answer 20

other than for colours this is used to connect a pseudo-objective to a noun in the same way no is used to connect some of the previous colours

Question 21

じょうず

Answer 21

Good (skilled) - pseudo adjective [PA]

Question 22

へた

Answer 22

Bad (unskilled) - pseudo adjective [PA]

Question 23

へん

Answer 23

weird/strange - pseudo adjective [PA]

Question 24

きれい

Answer 24

pretty/clean - [PA]

Question 25

かんたん

Answer 25

simple [PA]

Question 26

すき

Answer 26

likeable [PA]

Question 27

きらい

Answer 27

disagreeable [PA]

Question 28

じょうずな せんせい

Answer 28

a skilled teacher

Question 29

すきな えいが

Answer 29

a likeable movie (a movie that i like)

Question 30

すきな ひと きらいな ひと

Answer 30

a person i like (someone i have a crush on) a person i dislike

Question 31

すずきさんは へたな せんせい ですね

Answer 31

Mr. Suzuki is a bad teacher isn't he?

Question 32

True adjectives (such as kuroi etc.) can change form based on tense, when saying "the cat was black", instead of putting desu into the past tense we actually put black into the past tense instead くろい tense chart: another rule on tenses with adjectives: only change the tense on the adjective if the adjective comes at the end of the sentence and isn't directly modifying anything (for instance sentences like, "the cloud was white", but not sentences like "the white cloud..."

Answer 32

Present tense, positive: ~い Present tense, negative: ~くない Past tense, positive: ~かった Past tense, negative: ~くなかった Present tense, positive: くろい - it is black Present tense, negative: くろくない - it isn't black Past tense, positive: くろかった - it was black Past tense, negative: くろくなかった - it wasn't black

Question 33

Worth remembering:

Answer 33

all true adjectives end in い if an adjective doesn'`t end with this it means its either a pseudo adjective or not one at all

Question 34

using desu alongside a true adjective is simply polite and not actually necessary, for instance the true meaning of くろい is:

Answer 34

it is black

Question 35

その はなは しろくなかった

Answer 35

The flower was not white

Question 36

The only true adjective in Japanese that is irregular compared to these rules is いい, which when changing tense uses an older form: よい

Answer 36

Present tense, positive: ~いい Present tense, negative: よくない Past tense, positive: よかった Past tense, negative: よくなかった

Question 37

くもは しろい くもは しろかった くもは ねずみいろ です くもは ねずみいろ でした

Answer 37

the cloud is white the cloud was white the cloud is grey The cloud was grey

Question 38

あつい

Answer 38

Hot

Question 39

むし あつい

Answer 39

Hot and Humid

Question 40

さむい

Answer 40

Cold (air)

Question 41

つめたい

Answer 41

Cold to the touch

Question 42

あたたかい

Answer 42

Warm

Question 43

すずしい

Answer 43

Cool

Question 44

ない

Answer 44

non-existant (means the same thing as arimasen so is a commonly used word)

Question 45

おかねが ありません おかねが ない

Answer 45

both have identical meaning: "I have no money"

Question 46

おかねが ありません でした おかねが なかった

Answer 46

Both: "I had no money"

Question 47

わたし ではありません わたし ではない

Answer 47

Both: "it is not me"