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Japanese verb軽い (karui) Conjugation
軽い (karui) means “light (weight)”. It is a い-adjective verb. It is an い-adjective: the final い changes, so 軽くない, 軽かった, 軽くて. 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
- light (weight)
- Type
- い-adjective
- Dictionary form
- 軽い
- Reading
- かるい
- Romaji
- karui
- Negative
- 軽くない
- Past
- 軽かった
- Te-form
- 軽くて
- Adverb
- 軽く
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 軽い |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 軽くない |
| Polite | 軽いです |
| Polite negative | 軽くないです |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 軽かった |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 軽くなかった |
| Polite | 軽かったです |
| Polite negative | 軽くなかったです |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 軽くて |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 軽くなくて |
Can and if
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 軽ければ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 軽くなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 軽かったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 軽くなかったら |
Adjectives
Adverb (adjectives)連用形
| Adverb | 軽く |
|---|
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 遅い (osoi)late, slow
- 近い (chikai)near
- 遠い (tooi)far
- 広い (hiroi)wide, spacious
- 狭い (semai)narrow, cramped
- 重い (omoi)heavy
- 強い (tsuyoi)strong
- 弱い (yowai)weak
- 難しい (muzukashii)difficult
- 易しい (yasashii)easy
- 優しい (yasashii)kind, gentle
- 楽しい (tanoshii)fun, enjoyable
About these tables
The forms are built from Wiktionary's conjugation tables, and they are the ones the Japanese verb conjugation worksheet generator prints, so a chart or answer key made there matches this page. That page explains how the forms were checked.
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