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Japanese verb大変 (taihen) Conjugation
大変 (taihen) means “hard, tough”. It is a な-adjective verb. It is a な-adjective: it takes な before a noun (大変な) and だ or です after it, so 大変だ, 大変でした, 大変に. 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
- hard, tough
- Type
- な-adjective
- Dictionary form
- 大変
- Reading
- たいへん
- Romaji
- taihen
- Negative
- 大変じゃない
- Past
- 大変だった
- Te-form
- 大変で
- Adverb
- 大変に
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 大変だ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 大変じゃない / 大変ではない |
| Polite | 大変です |
| Polite negative | 大変じゃありません / 大変ではありません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 大変だった |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 大変じゃなかった / 大変ではなかった |
| Polite | 大変でした |
| Polite negative | 大変じゃありませんでした / 大変ではありませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 大変で |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 大変じゃなくて / 大変ではなくて |
Can and if
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 大変なら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 大変でなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 大変だったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 大変じゃなかったら / 大変ではなかったら |
Adjectives
Adverb (adjectives)連用形
| Adverb | 大変に |
|---|
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 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
- 暇 (hima)free (not busy)
- 丈夫 (joubu)sturdy, strong
- 残念 (zannen)a pity, too bad
- 特別 (tokubetsu)special
- 必要 (hitsuyou)necessary
- 自由 (jiyuu)free (to do as you like)
About these tables
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