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Japanese verb親切 (shinsetsu) Conjugation
親切 (shinsetsu) means “kind”. It is a な-adjective verb. It is a な-adjective: it takes な before a noun (親切な) and だ or です after it, so 親切だ, 親切でした, 親切に. 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
- kind
- Type
- な-adjective
- Dictionary form
- 親切
- Reading
- しんせつ
- Romaji
- shinsetsu
- Negative
- 親切じゃない
- Past
- 親切だった
- Te-form
- 親切で
- Adverb
- 親切に
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 親切だ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 親切じゃない / 親切ではない |
| Polite | 親切です |
| Polite negative | 親切じゃありません / 親切ではありません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 親切だった |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 親切じゃなかった / 親切ではなかった |
| Polite | 親切でした |
| Polite negative | 親切じゃありませんでした / 親切ではありませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 親切で |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 親切じゃなくて / 親切ではなくて |
Can and if
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 親切なら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 親切でなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 親切だったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 親切じゃなかったら / 親切ではなかったら |
Adjectives
Adverb (adjectives)連用形
| Adverb | 親切に |
|---|
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 危ない (abunai)dangerous
- 欲しい (hoshii)wanted (I want ...)
- 静か (shizuka)quiet
- にぎやか (nigiyaka)lively, busy
- きれい (kirei)pretty, clean
- 有名 (yuumei)famous
- 元気 (genki)healthy, energetic
- 便利 (benri)convenient
- 不便 (fuben)inconvenient
- 好き (suki)liked (I like ...)
- 嫌い (kirai)disliked (I dislike ...)
- 上手 (jouzu)good at
About these tables
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