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Adjectives Flashcards

1
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あおい

A

Blue-green (meaning it is used to describe the entire colour spectrum from blue to green, both grass and the sky are coloured aoi

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2
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あかい

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Red

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3
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しろい

A

White

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4
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くろい

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Black

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5
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きいろい

A

Yellow

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6
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いぬは くろい です

A

The Dog is Black

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7
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くろい いぬ です

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it is a black dog

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8
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せんせいは いい です

あなたは せんせいは いい です

あなたは いい せんせい です

A

The teacher is good

a broken sentence attempting to say “you are a good teacher”

The correct way to say “you are a good teacher”

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9
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これは しろい ねこ です

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This is a white cat

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10
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これは しろい ごみばこ ではありません

A

This is not a white garbage can

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11
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みどり

A

Green - noun

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12
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むらさき

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Purple - noun

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13
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いろ

A

Colour - noun

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14
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ちゃいろ

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Brown (literally means tea colour) - noun

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15
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オレンジいろ

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orange (literally means the colour of an orange) - noun

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16
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ねずみいろ

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Grey (literally means mouse colour) - noun

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17
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グレー

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Grey - noun

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18
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むらさきの さら です

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It is a purple dish (it is a dish of the colour purple)

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19
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はなこちゃんは オレンジいろの ねこ です

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Hanako-chan is an orange cat

20
Q

な

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other than for colours this is used to connect a pseudo-objective to a noun in the same way no is used to connect some of the previous colours

21
Q

じょうず

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Good (skilled) - pseudo adjective [PA]

22
Q

へた

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Bad (unskilled) - pseudo adjective [PA]

23
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へん

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weird/strange - pseudo adjective [PA]

24
Q

きれい

A

pretty/clean - [PA]

25
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かんたん

A

simple [PA]

26
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すき

A

likeable [PA]

27
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きらい

A

disagreeable [PA]

28
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じょうずな せんせい

A

a skilled teacher

29
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すきな えいが

A

a likeable movie (a movie that i like)

30
Q

すきな ひと

きらいな ひと

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a person i like (someone i have a crush on)

a person i dislike

31
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すずきさんは へたな せんせい ですね

A

Mr. Suzuki is a bad teacher isn’t he?

32
Q

True adjectives (such as kuroi etc.) can change form based on tense, when saying “the cat was black”, instead of putting desu into the past tense we actually put black into the past tense instead

くろい tense chart:

another rule on tenses with adjectives: only change the tense on the adjective if the adjective comes at the end of the sentence and isn’t directly modifying anything (for instance sentences like, “the cloud was white”, but not sentences like “the white cloud…”

A

Present tense, positive: ~い
Present tense, negative: ~くない
Past tense, positive: ~かった
Past tense, negative: ~くなかった

Present tense, positive: くろい - it is black
Present tense, negative: くろくない - it isn’t black
Past tense, positive: くろかった - it was black
Past tense, negative: くろくなかった - it wasn’t black

33
Q

Worth remembering:

A

all true adjectives end in い if an adjective doesn’`t end with this it means its either a pseudo adjective or not one at all

34
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using desu alongside a true adjective is simply polite and not actually necessary, for instance the true meaning of くろい is:

A

it is black

35
Q

その はなは しろくなかった

A

The flower was not white

36
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The only true adjective in Japanese that is irregular compared to these rules is いい, which when changing tense uses an older form: よい

A

Present tense, positive: ~いい
Present tense, negative: よくない
Past tense, positive: よかった
Past tense, negative: よくなかった

37
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くもは しろい

くもは しろかった

くもは ねずみいろ です

くもは ねずみいろ でした

A

the cloud is white

the cloud was white

the cloud is grey

The cloud was grey

38
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あつい

A

Hot

39
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むし あつい

A

Hot and Humid

40
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さむい

A

Cold (air)

41
Q

つめたい

A

Cold to the touch

42
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あたたかい

A

Warm

43
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すずしい

A

Cool

44
Q

ない

A

non-existant (means the same thing as arimasen so is a commonly used word)

45
Q

おかねが ありません

おかねが ない

A

both have identical meaning: “I have no money”

46
Q

おかねが ありません でした

おかねが なかった

A

Both: “I had no money”

47
Q

わたし ではありません

わたし ではない

A

Both: “it is not me”

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