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Japanese verbでかい (dekai) Conjugation
でかい (dekai) means “huge, big, enormous”. It is a い-adjective verb. It is an い-adjective: the final い changes, so でかくない, でかかった, でかくて. Below is its conjugation in all 14 forms, plain and polite, the same forms the Japanese verb conjugation worksheets print in their answer keys.
- Meaning
- huge, big, enormous
- Type
- い-adjective
- Dictionary form
- でかい
- Romaji
- dekai
- Negative
- でかくない
- Past
- でかかった
- Te-form
- でかくて
- Adverb
- でかく
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | でかい |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | でかくない |
| Polite | でかいです |
| Polite negative | でかくないです |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | でかかった |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | でかくなかった |
| Polite | でかかったです |
| Polite negative | でかくなかったです |
Te-formて形
| Plain | でかくて |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | でかくなくて |
Can and if
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | でかければ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | でかくなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | でかかったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | でかくなかったら |
Adjectives
Adverb (adjectives)連用形
| Adverb | でかく |
|---|
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- くすぐったい (kusuguttai)ticklish
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- しんどい (shindoi)tired, frazzled
- そそっかしい (sosokkashii)careless, thoughtless, hasty
- だらしない (darashinai)slovenly, sloppy, untidy
- だるい (darui)sluggish, languid, listless
- とんでもない (tondemonai)unthinkable, unexpected, absurd
- やばい (yabai)dangerous, risky
- ややこしい (yayakoshii)complicated, complex, intricate
- らしい (rashii)seeming ..., appearing ...
- 悪賢い (warugashikoi)cunning, crafty, wily
- 安っぽい (yasuppoi)cheap-looking, tawdry, insignificant
About these tables
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