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Japanese verb高い (takai) Conjugation
高い (takai) means “expensive, tall, high”. It is a い-adjective verb. It is an い-adjective: the final い changes, so 高くない, 高かった, 高くて. 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
- expensive, tall, high
- Type
- い-adjective
- Dictionary form
- 高い
- Reading
- たかい
- Romaji
- takai
- Negative
- 高くない
- Past
- 高かった
- Te-form
- 高くて
- Adverb
- 高く
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 高い |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 高くない |
| Polite | 高いです |
| Polite negative | 高くないです |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 高かった |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 高くなかった |
| Polite | 高かったです |
| Polite negative | 高くなかったです |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 高くて |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 高くなくて |
Can and if
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 高ければ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 高くなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 高かったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 高くなかったら |
Adjectives
Adverb (adjectives)連用形
| Adverb | 高く |
|---|
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- おっしゃる (ossharu)to say (honorific)
- いい (ii)good
- 大きい (ookii)big
- 小さい (chiisai)small
- 新しい (atarashii)new
- 古い (furui)old (things)
- 安い (yasui)cheap
- 低い (hikui)low, short
- 暑い (atsui)hot (weather)
- 寒い (samui)cold (weather)
- 暖かい (atatakai)warm
- 涼しい (suzushii)cool
About these tables
The forms are built from Wiktionary's conjugation tables, and they are the ones the Japanese verb conjugation worksheet generator prints, so a chart or answer key made there matches this page. That page explains how the forms were checked.
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