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How do I tell when a word is a な adjective or an い adjective?
How do I tell when a word is a な adjective or an い adjective?
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- English (UK)
If it ends with い, it's an い-adjective. Otherwise, it's な.
There's only a handful of exceptions to this - きれい and きらい are the most common ones that you're going to encounter.
Also, な-adjectives, when written in kanji, tend to be written entirely in kanji, while い-adjectives have hiragana hanging off the end (cf 新しい (い) vs 元気 (な)).
Again, there's exceptions to this. きらい, again (it's 嫌い) and 好き, for example.
- Japanese
You have to see the form of the adjective before the noun. When い adjective modifies the noun, it will be ～い ＋noun. When な adjective modifies the noun, it will be ～な ＋ noun.
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