Japanese i-adjective
omoi — heavy 重い
Explore the principal positive, negative, past, non-past and conditional forms of this Japanese adjective.
How i-adjectives conjugate
The final い changes to create negative, past and connecting forms. The adjective itself carries this grammatical information, so a separate verb is not required in the plain forms.
Conjugation table
The English glosses are approximate; the natural translation depends on the surrounding sentence.
| Form | Style | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present (non-past) | Plain | is heavy omoi 重い | is not heavy omokunai 重くない |
| Polite | omoi desu 重いです | omokunai desu 重くないです | |
| Past | Plain | was heavy omokatta 重かった | was not heavy omokunakatta 重くなかった |
| Polite | omokatta desu 重かったです | omokunakatta desu 重くなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be heavy omoi darō 重いだろう | omokunai darō 重くないだろう |
| Polite | omoi deshō 重いでしょう | omokunai deshō 重くないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is heavy omokereba 重ければ | if it is not heavy omokunakereba 重くなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | omokute 重くて | omokunakute 重くなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.