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な形容詞(〜です / 〜じゃありません)

JLPT N5 Adjectives

na-adjectives: basic and negative forms

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Na-adjectives behave like nouns: they take desu for affirmative and ja arimasen for negative. Before a noun they need na: shizuka na machi (a quiet town). Examples include shizuka, kirei, genki, and yuumei.

Examples

  • です

    Kono machi wa shizuka desu.

    This town is quiet.

  • じゃませ

    Ano mise wa kirei ja arimasen.

    That shop is not clean.

Vocabulary in these examples

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