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Japanese verb自然 (shizen) Conjugation
自然 (shizen) means “natural, spontaneous, automatic”. It is a な-adjective verb. It is a な-adjective: it takes な before a noun (自然な) and だ or です after it, so 自然だ, 自然でした, 自然に. 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
- natural, spontaneous, automatic
- Type
- な-adjective
- Dictionary form
- 自然
- Reading
- しぜん
- Romaji
- shizen
- Negative
- 自然じゃない
- Past
- 自然だった
- Te-form
- 自然で
- Adverb
- 自然に
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 自然だ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 自然じゃない / 自然ではない |
| Polite | 自然です |
| Polite negative | 自然じゃありません / 自然ではありません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 自然だった |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 自然じゃなかった / 自然ではなかった |
| Polite | 自然でした |
| Polite negative | 自然じゃありませんでした / 自然ではありませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 自然で |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 自然じゃなくて / 自然ではなくて |
Can and if
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 自然なら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 自然でなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 自然だったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 自然じゃなかったら / 自然ではなかったら |
Adjectives
Adverb (adjectives)連用形
| Adverb | 自然に |
|---|
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About these tables
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