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Japanese verb必要 (hitsuyou) Conjugation
必要 (hitsuyou) means “necessary”. It is a な-adjective verb. It is a な-adjective: it takes な before a noun (必要な) and だ or です after it, so 必要だ, 必要でした, 必要に. 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
- necessary
- Type
- な-adjective
- Dictionary form
- 必要
- Reading
- ひつよう
- Romaji
- hitsuyou
- Negative
- 必要じゃない
- Past
- 必要だった
- Te-form
- 必要で
- Adverb
- 必要に
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 必要だ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 必要じゃない / 必要ではない |
| Polite | 必要です |
| Polite negative | 必要じゃありません / 必要ではありません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 必要だった |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 必要じゃなかった / 必要ではなかった |
| Polite | 必要でした |
| Polite negative | 必要じゃありませんでした / 必要ではありませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 必要で |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 必要じゃなくて / 必要ではなくて |
Can and if
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 必要なら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 必要でなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 必要だったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 必要じゃなかったら / 必要ではなかったら |
Adjectives
Adverb (adjectives)連用形
| Adverb | 必要に |
|---|
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 大切 (taisetsu)important, precious
- 大変 (taihen)hard, tough
- 暇 (hima)free (not busy)
- 丈夫 (joubu)sturdy, strong
- 残念 (zannen)a pity, too bad
- 特別 (tokubetsu)special
- 自由 (jiyuu)free (to do as you like)
- 安全 (anzen)safe
- 危険 (kiken)dangerous
- 複雑 (fukuzatsu)complicated
- 大事 (daiji)important
- 勉強する (benkyousuru)to study
About these tables
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