Japanese Language Lesson Notes: Adjectives and Past Tense

This set covers vocabulary nouns and adjectives, along with the grammatical rules for forming the past tense of い-adjectives and な-adjectives as discussed in the Hiroki Y. and Paul lesson transcript.

ひまな (himana)

Not busy

にぎやかな (nigiyakana)

Lively

たかい (takai)

Expensive

やすい (yasui)

Cheap

きれいな (kireina)

Clean (or beautiful/pretty)

しずかな (shizukana)

Quiet

げんきな (genkina)

Energetic or healthy

へや (heya)

Room

たまご (tamago)

Eggs

おてら (otera)

Temple

たのしい (tanoshii)

Fun

かばん (kaban)

Bag

ベット (betto)

Bed

い-adjective (Past Tense Affirmative)

Formed by removing the final い and adding かったです (e.g., たかかったです)

い-adjective (Past Tense Negative)

Formed by removing the final い and adding くなかったです (e.g., たかくなかったです)

な-adjective (Past Tense Affirmative)

Formed by removing な and adding でした (e.g., きれいでした)

な-adjective (Past Tense Negative)

Formed by removing な and adding じゃなかったです (e.g., きれいじゃなかったです)

せいしょ (聖書)

Bible / Holy Scripture