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Japanese verb簡単 (kantan) Conjugation
簡単 (kantan) means “easy, simple”. It is a な-adjective verb. It is a な-adjective: it takes な before a noun (簡単な) and だ or です after it, so 簡単だ, 簡単でした, 簡単に. 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
- easy, simple
- Type
- な-adjective
- Dictionary form
- 簡単
- Reading
- かんたん
- Romaji
- kantan
- Negative
- 簡単じゃない
- Past
- 簡単だった
- Te-form
- 簡単で
- Adverb
- 簡単に
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 簡単だ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 簡単じゃない / 簡単ではない |
| Polite | 簡単です |
| Polite negative | 簡単じゃありません / 簡単ではありません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 簡単だった |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 簡単じゃなかった / 簡単ではなかった |
| Polite | 簡単でした |
| Polite negative | 簡単じゃありませんでした / 簡単ではありませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 簡単で |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 簡単じゃなくて / 簡単ではなくて |
Can and if
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 簡単なら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 簡単でなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 簡単だったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 簡単じゃなかったら / 簡単ではなかったら |
Adjectives
Adverb (adjectives)連用形
| Adverb | 簡単に |
|---|
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 不便 (fuben)inconvenient
- 好き (suki)liked (I like ...)
- 嫌い (kirai)disliked (I dislike ...)
- 上手 (jouzu)good at
- 下手 (heta)bad at
- 大丈夫 (daijoubu)all right, OK
- 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
About these tables
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