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Japanese verb好き (suki) Conjugation
好き (suki) means “liked (I like ...)”. It is a な-adjective verb. It is a な-adjective: it takes な before a noun (好きな) and だ or です after it, so 好きだ, 好きでした, 好きに. 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
- liked (I like ...)
- Type
- な-adjective
- Dictionary form
- 好き
- Reading
- すき
- Romaji
- suki
- Negative
- 好きじゃない
- Past
- 好きだった
- Te-form
- 好きで
- Adverb
- 好きに
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 好きだ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 好きじゃない / 好きではない |
| Polite | 好きです |
| Polite negative | 好きじゃありません / 好きではありません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 好きだった |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 好きじゃなかった / 好きではなかった |
| Polite | 好きでした |
| Polite negative | 好きじゃありませんでした / 好きではありませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 好きで |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 好きじゃなくて / 好きではなくて |
Can and if
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 好きなら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 好きでなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 好きだったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 好きじゃなかったら / 好きではなかったら |
Adjectives
Adverb (adjectives)連用形
| Adverb | 好きに |
|---|
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- きれい (kirei)pretty, clean
- 有名 (yuumei)famous
- 親切 (shinsetsu)kind
- 元気 (genki)healthy, energetic
- 便利 (benri)convenient
- 不便 (fuben)inconvenient
- 嫌い (kirai)disliked (I dislike ...)
- 上手 (jouzu)good at
- 下手 (heta)bad at
- 大丈夫 (daijoubu)all right, OK
- 簡単 (kantan)easy, simple
- 大切 (taisetsu)important, precious
About these tables
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