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Japanese verb待ち遠しい (machidooshii) Conjugation
待ち遠しい (machidooshii) means “longed-for, anxiously awaited”. It is a い-adjective verb. It is an い-adjective: the final い changes, so 待ち遠しくない, 待ち遠しかった, 待ち遠しくて. 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
- longed-for, anxiously awaited
- Type
- い-adjective
- Dictionary form
- 待ち遠しい
- Reading
- まちどおしい
- Romaji
- machidooshii
- Negative
- 待ち遠しくない
- Past
- 待ち遠しかった
- Te-form
- 待ち遠しくて
- Adverb
- 待ち遠しく
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 待ち遠しい |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 待ち遠しくない |
| Polite | 待ち遠しいです |
| Polite negative | 待ち遠しくないです |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 待ち遠しかった |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 待ち遠しくなかった |
| Polite | 待ち遠しかったです |
| Polite negative | 待ち遠しくなかったです |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 待ち遠しくて |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 待ち遠しくなくて |
Can and if
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 待ち遠しければ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 待ち遠しくなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 待ち遠しかったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 待ち遠しくなかったら |
Adjectives
Adverb (adjectives)連用形
| Adverb | 待ち遠しく |
|---|
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About these tables
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