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