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Japanese verb大切 (taisetsu) Conjugation
大切 (taisetsu) means “important, precious”. It is a な-adjective verb. It is a な-adjective: it takes な before a noun (大切な) and だ or です after it, so 大切だ, 大切でした, 大切に. 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
- important, precious
- Type
- な-adjective
- Dictionary form
- 大切
- Reading
- たいせつ
- Romaji
- taisetsu
- Negative
- 大切じゃない
- Past
- 大切だった
- Te-form
- 大切で
- Adverb
- 大切に
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 大切だ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 大切じゃない / 大切ではない |
| Polite | 大切です |
| Polite negative | 大切じゃありません / 大切ではありません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 大切だった |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 大切じゃなかった / 大切ではなかった |
| Polite | 大切でした |
| Polite negative | 大切じゃありませんでした / 大切ではありませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 大切で |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 大切じゃなくて / 大切ではなくて |
Can and if
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 大切なら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 大切でなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 大切だったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 大切じゃなかったら / 大切ではなかったら |
Adjectives
Adverb (adjectives)連用形
| Adverb | 大切に |
|---|
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 好き (suki)liked (I like ...)
- 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
- 大変 (taihen)hard, tough
- 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
About these tables
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