Japanese Language 「Adjectives and Adverbs」 「Part 1」 「Types of Adjectives」 There are two different types of adjectives in the Japanese language, i-adjectives, where each word in this subset end with i・い. Then there is the na-adjectives, which similar to the i-adjectives, has the words in this subset end in na・な. The major distinction being that while i-adjectives are words that are Japanese in origin, while na-adjectives are most usually Chinese in origin. i-Adjectives Examples: atarashii・新しい・New isogashii・忙しい・Busy omoshiroi・面白い・Interesting na-adjectives Examples: shizukana・静かな・Quiet sukina・好きな・Favorite benrina・便利な・Convenient 「Noun modifiers」 Japanese adjectives, when used as noun modifiers, similar to English, precede the modified nouns. If the noun modifiers are foreign loan-words, they of course become na-adjectives. Examples: 「i-adjectives」 Ōkii ie・大きい家・A big house Kuroi kuruma・黒い車・A black car 「na-adjectives」 Kireina hana・きれいな花・A pretty flower Modanna biru・モダンなビル・A modern building Genkina hito・元気な人・A healthy person Yunīkuna aidia・ユニークなアイヂイア・A unique idea (*´∪`) こゆうきあいはら (*´∪`)
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