Japanese Language 「Adjectives and Adverbs」 「Part 2」 「Adjectival Predicates」 When using I-adjectives as predicates(part of the sentence or clause with a verb stating something about the subject) they behave like verbs in Japanese. When 大きい・Ōkī「big」or 黒い・Kuroi「black」is used as a predicate, they are transformed to mean "is big" "is black" instead of simply "big" or "black". Examples: 田中さんの家は大きい。 Tanaka-san no ie wa Ōkī. Mr. Tanaka's house is big. 私の車は黒い。 Watashi no kuruma wa kuroi. My car is black. When Na-adjectives are used as predicates they behave as nouns. More specifically, the stem form (the part of the word without na) needs to be followed by the copula (be-verb) da, similar to an ordinary proper noun. Due to this, Na-adjectives are commonly known as "nominal (nounlike) adjectives" or "Adjectival nouns". Examples: この花はきれいだ。 Kono hana wa Kirei da. The flower is pretty. 山田さんはげんきだ。 Yamada-san wa genki da. Miss Yamada is healthy. A number of Na-adjectives can be used as nouns when they are functioning as the subject or object of a sentence. Examples: 安全な遊び場。 anzenna asobiba a safe playground 子供にとって安全がたいせつだ。 Kodomo ni totte anzen ga taisetsu da. Saftey is important for children. ぜいたくなくらし Zeitakuna kurashi Luxurious living そんあぜいたくはできない。 Sonna zeitaku wa dekinai. I can't afford such a luxury. Exceptions: I-adjectives Ōkī,・大きい (big) chiisai・小さい (small), and okashii ・おかしい(funny), can be used as Na-adjectives when certain nouns are modified . Examples: 大きな公園 Ōkīna kōen a big park 小さな池 Chiisana ike a small pond おかしな話 okashina hanashi a funny story ヽ(^。^)丿 こゆうきあいはら ヽ(^。^)丿
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