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Japanese verb上手 (jouzu) Conjugation
上手 (jouzu) means “good at”. It is a な-adjective verb. It is a な-adjective: it takes な before a noun (上手な) and だ or です after it, so 上手だ, 上手でした, 上手に. 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
- good at
- Type
- な-adjective
- Dictionary form
- 上手
- Reading
- じょうず
- Romaji
- jouzu
- Negative
- 上手じゃない
- Past
- 上手だった
- Te-form
- 上手で
- Adverb
- 上手に
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 上手だ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 上手じゃない / 上手ではない |
| Polite | 上手です |
| Polite negative | 上手じゃありません / 上手ではありません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 上手だった |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 上手じゃなかった / 上手ではなかった |
| Polite | 上手でした |
| Polite negative | 上手じゃありませんでした / 上手ではありませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 上手で |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 上手じゃなくて / 上手ではなくて |
Can and if
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 上手なら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 上手でなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 上手だったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 上手じゃなかったら / 上手ではなかったら |
Adjectives
Adverb (adjectives)連用形
| Adverb | 上手に |
|---|
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 親切 (shinsetsu)kind
- 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 ...)
- 下手 (heta)bad 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)
About these tables
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