2.2.5 All About My Classes

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​Note :
どう Dou : how
どんな Donna : what kind
ひと Hito : Person/people

きょう の ぶんぽう　Today's grammar

​い (i) Adjective

In Japanese, adjectives are used to describe nouns, just like in English. There are two main types of adjectives: い (i) adjectives and な (na) adjectives. In Japanese, you can identify い (i) adjectives by their ending with the syllable い (i), like やさしい (yasashii: kind) or おもしろい (omoshiroi - interesting/fun). Here, we'll focus on い (i) adjectives.


Negative Form Conjugation
To make an い (i) adjective negative, drop the い (i) at the end and addくない (kunai).

Example :

やさしい (yasashii) : Kind
やさしい (yasashii)　→　やさし (Yasashi) + くない (kunai) →　
やさしくない (yasashikunai) : Not kind

.... lesson/class is ......

​やさしい
yasashii
easy

​おもしろい
omoshiroi
fun, interesting

むずかしい
muzukashii
hard, difficult

つまらない
tsumaranai
boring

​Note :
Depends on the situation and nuance, やさしい (yasashii) also can be translate as "kind" or "gentle".
And おもしろい (omoshiroi) also can be translated as "funny".

​にほんごのじゅぎょうはおもしろいです
Nihongo no jyugyou wa omoshiroi desu
Japanese class is fun/interesting

The ...... teacher is .......

​やさしい
yasashii
kind

​おもしろい
omoshiroi
funny, interesting

あたまがいい
atama ga ii
smart

つまらない
tsumaranai
boring

​にほんごのせんせいはきびしいです
Nihongo no sensei wa kibishii desu
The Japanese teacher is strict

​きびしい
kibishii
strict

​Note :
The negative form of "いい (ii)" is
"よくない (yokunai)"