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Japanese verb残念 (zannen) Conjugation
残念 (zannen) means “a pity, too bad”. It is a な-adjective verb. It is a な-adjective: it takes な before a noun (残念な) and だ or です after it, so 残念だ, 残念でした, 残念に. 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
- a pity, too bad
- Type
- な-adjective
- Dictionary form
- 残念
- Reading
- ざんねん
- Romaji
- zannen
- Negative
- 残念じゃない
- Past
- 残念だった
- Te-form
- 残念で
- Adverb
- 残念に
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 残念だ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 残念じゃない / 残念ではない |
| Polite | 残念です |
| Polite negative | 残念じゃありません / 残念ではありません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 残念だった |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 残念じゃなかった / 残念ではなかった |
| Polite | 残念でした |
| Polite negative | 残念じゃありませんでした / 残念ではありませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 残念で |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 残念じゃなくて / 残念ではなくて |
Can and if
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 残念なら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 残念でなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 残念だったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 残念じゃなかったら / 残念ではなかったら |
Adjectives
Adverb (adjectives)連用形
| Adverb | 残念に |
|---|
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 大丈夫 (daijoubu)all right, OK
- 簡単 (kantan)easy, simple
- 大切 (taisetsu)important, precious
- 大変 (taihen)hard, tough
- 暇 (hima)free (not busy)
- 丈夫 (joubu)sturdy, strong
- 特別 (tokubetsu)special
- 必要 (hitsuyou)necessary
- 自由 (jiyuu)free (to do as you like)
- 安全 (anzen)safe
- 危険 (kiken)dangerous
- 複雑 (fukuzatsu)complicated
About these tables
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