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Japanese verb下手 (heta) Conjugation
下手 (heta) means “bad at”. It is a な-adjective verb. It is a な-adjective: it takes な before a noun (下手な) and だ or です after it, so 下手だ, 下手でした, 下手に. 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
- bad at
- Type
- な-adjective
- Dictionary form
- 下手
- Reading
- へた
- Romaji
- heta
- Negative
- 下手じゃない
- Past
- 下手だった
- Te-form
- 下手で
- Adverb
- 下手に
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 下手だ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 下手じゃない / 下手ではない |
| Polite | 下手です |
| Polite negative | 下手じゃありません / 下手ではありません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 下手だった |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 下手じゃなかった / 下手ではなかった |
| Polite | 下手でした |
| Polite negative | 下手じゃありませんでした / 下手ではありませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 下手で |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 下手じゃなくて / 下手ではなくて |
Can and if
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 下手なら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 下手でなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 下手だったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 下手じゃなかったら / 下手ではなかったら |
Adjectives
Adverb (adjectives)連用形
| Adverb | 下手に |
|---|
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 元気 (genki)healthy, energetic
- 便利 (benri)convenient
- 不便 (fuben)inconvenient
- 好き (suki)liked (I like ...)
- 嫌い (kirai)disliked (I dislike ...)
- 上手 (jouzu)good at
- 大丈夫 (daijoubu)all right, OK
- 簡単 (kantan)easy, simple
- 大切 (taisetsu)important, precious
- 大変 (taihen)hard, tough
- 暇 (hima)free (not busy)
- 丈夫 (joubu)sturdy, strong
About these tables
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