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Japanese verb可能 (kanou) Conjugation
可能 (kanou) means “possible, potential, practicable”. It is a な-adjective verb. It is a な-adjective: it takes な before a noun (可能な) and だ or です after it, so 可能だ, 可能でした, 可能に. 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
- possible, potential, practicable
- Type
- な-adjective
- Dictionary form
- 可能
- Reading
- かのう
- Romaji
- kanou
- Negative
- 可能じゃない
- Past
- 可能だった
- Te-form
- 可能で
- Adverb
- 可能に
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 可能だ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 可能じゃない / 可能ではない |
| Polite | 可能です |
| Polite negative | 可能じゃありません / 可能ではありません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 可能だった |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 可能じゃなかった / 可能ではなかった |
| Polite | 可能でした |
| Polite negative | 可能じゃありませんでした / 可能ではありませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 可能で |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 可能じゃなくて / 可能ではなくて |
Can and if
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 可能なら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 可能でなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 可能だったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 可能じゃなかったら / 可能ではなかったら |
Adjectives
Adverb (adjectives)連用形
| Adverb | 可能に |
|---|
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 出張する (shutchousuru)to go on a business trip
- 残業する (zangyousuru)to work overtime
- 入院する (nyuuinsuru)to go into hospital
- 退院する (taiinsuru)to leave hospital
- 怪我する (kegasuru)to get hurt
- 遅刻する (chikokusuru)to be late
- 具体的 (gutaiteki)concrete, definite, specific
- 最高 (saikou)best, supreme, wonderful
- 自然 (shizen)natural, spontaneous, automatic
- 重要 (juuyou)important, essential, significant
- 新た (arata)new, fresh, novel
- 積極的 (sekkyokuteki)positive, assertive, active
About these tables
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