Free Japanese adjectives guide

What's inside

• Two kindsi-adjectives like 高い and na-adjectives like 静か, where each one goes in a sentence, the traps きれい, 嫌い and いい, and a quick way to tell them apart.
• Six adjectives, eight forms高い, 面白い, いい, 静か, 好き and きれい before a noun, plain, polite, not, past, past not, joining and as an adverb, with the pattern next to each row.
• Using themDescribing with です, joining two adjectives like 安くておいしい, すぎる for too much, そう for looks, and comparing with より, のほう and 一番.
• 30 everyday adjectivesFifteen pairs of opposites like 大きい and 小さい, 熱い and 冷たい, 好き and 嫌い, 上手 and 下手, each marked i or na.
• PracticeTen lines you hear in anime, like かわいい, 大丈夫 and 寂しかった, to read and name the form, then ten adjectives to make not and past. Cover the answers with a strip of paper and check yourself.

How to use it

1. Learn verb forms first. Adjectives use the same ideas: ない, た and て.
2. Read the first page and sort a few adjectives you know into i or na.
3. Say one row of the tables out loud each day.
4. Cover the answers on the practice page, then listen for the same words in shows with Kitsumi.

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