All About Adjectives

Question 1

Adding です to na-Adj/Noun

Answer 1

Conjugate a noun/na-adj, then add です

Question 2

One exception to adding です to na-Adj/Noun

Answer 2

When you conjugate to the past tense for na-Adj/Noun, you must drop the だ add でした instead

Question 3

Adding です to i-Adj

Answer 3

Conjugate the i-Adj and add です

Question 4

affirmative declarative だ & です

Answer 4

You usually can never add です to affirmative declarative だ conjugation (you must drop だ when adding です)

Question 5

na-Adj/Nouns: Casual Present Tense

Answer 5

dictionary form of Na-Adj/Noun

Question 6

na-Adj/Nouns: Casual Past Tense

Answer 6

Na-Adj/Noun + だった

Question 7

na-Adj/Nouns: Casual Present Negative Tense

Answer 7

Na-Adj/Noun + じゃない

Question 8

na-Adj/Nouns: Casual Past Negative Tense

Answer 8

Na-Adj/Noun + じゃなかった

Question 9

Making Noun Clauses with na-Adj/i-Adj

Answer 9

adding a Noun directly after any conjugation of a Na-Adj or i-Adj creates a Noun Clause - [Na-Adj + な + Noun] or [i-Adj + Noun]

Question 10

i-Adj: Casual Present Tense

Answer 10

dictionary form of the verb

Question 11

i-Adj: Casual Past Tense

Answer 11

i-Adj (-) い (+) かった

Question 12

i-Adj: Casual Present Negative Tense

Answer 12

i-Adj (-) い (+) くない

Question 13

i-Adj: Casual Past Negative Tense

Answer 13

i-Adj (-) い (+) くなかった

Question 14

i-Adj - SOU form

Answer 14

replace い ending with そう.

changes meaning from “is adjective” to “looks/seems adjective”

Question 15

i-Adj - SA form

Answer 15

replace い ending with さ.

(turns descriptive verb into noun - so enjoyable = enjoyableness and powerful = powerfulness and beautiful = beautiful ness/beauty)

Question 16

Quoting With Nouns

Answer 16

Adding and conjugating (と particle +)いうto a noun means “…known as” when asking about what something is “known as or like where is this place known as [name]

Question 17

To Want Noun

Answer 17

NOUN + (add the particle が) + 欲しい(です)

(ex)
リンゴが欲しいです= I want an apple

欲しい is an I-adjective, so to say you don’t want something - you conjugate 欲しい to the negative like any other i-Adjectice. And then add です to make it polite.

Question 18

to become + noun/na-adj

Answer 18

present/future tense: noun/na-adj + になる

past tense: noun/na-adj + になった

Question 19

to become + i-adj

Answer 19

present/future tense: i-adj + くなる

past tense: i-adj + くなった

Question 20

Difference Between

Answer 20

Although にする (ni suru) and になる (ni naru) both indicate change, there is one major difference. The difference is that になる (ni naru) indicates something changing by itself (intransitive)(and there is no direct object), while にする (ni suru) indicates something being changed by someone or something else (transitive).

Question 21

using を (wo) with にする

Answer 21

since an object is being directly affected by a verb, you need to use the direct object particle を (wo) on the object being affected

Question 22

to become + noun/na-adj

Answer 22

noun/na-adj + にする(and then you conjugate it)

Question 23

to become + i-adj

Answer 23

i-adj + くする(and then you conjugate it)

Question 24

NOUN + にする (ni suru)

Answer 24

Noun + go with (as in “I’ll go with/decide on Noun” when ordering from a menu)

Question 25

Adj + さ [Meaning]

Answer 25

Adding 〜さ to an adjective turns it into a noun, and gives it the nuance that the noun is objective and measurable. Like - happy (adj) = happiness

Question 26

Conjugation For Adj + さ

Answer 26

for i-Adj drop ending い, for na-adj drop ending な - then add さ directly

[NOTE: this ending can also be added to other suffixes like 〜たい, 〜やすい, 〜にくい, 〜らしい , 〜づらい, and 〜っぽい]

Question 27

Adj + み

Answer 27

Adding 〜み to an adjective turns it into a noun with a subjective quality, like the “warmth” of a person or the “weight” of a decision. This is similar to adding -ness to an adjective in English, but there’s a twist. Nouns formed with 〜み represent qualities or states that are not objectively measurable. In other words, 〜み is used to express subjective ideas. Only certain adj can take み