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Japanese verb大人 (otona) Conjugation
大人 (otona) means “adult, grown-up”. It is a な-adjective verb. It is a な-adjective: it takes な before a noun (大人な) and だ or です after it, so 大人だ, 大人でした, 大人に. 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
- adult, grown-up
- Type
- な-adjective
- Dictionary form
- 大人
- Reading
- おとな
- Romaji
- otona
- Negative
- 大人じゃない
- Past
- 大人だった
- Te-form
- 大人で
- Adverb
- 大人に
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 大人だ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 大人じゃない / 大人ではない |
| Polite | 大人です |
| Polite negative | 大人じゃありません / 大人ではありません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 大人だった |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 大人じゃなかった / 大人ではなかった |
| Polite | 大人でした |
| Polite negative | 大人じゃありませんでした / 大人ではありませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 大人で |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 大人じゃなくて / 大人ではなくて |
Can and if
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 大人なら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 大人でなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 大人だったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 大人じゃなかったら / 大人ではなかったら |
Adjectives
Adverb (adjectives)連用形
| Adverb | 大人に |
|---|
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About these tables
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