N5
i-Adjectives
Use i-adjectives to describe people, places, things, and experiences in present-tense sentences.
Recognize common i-adjectives and their dictionary forms.Use i-adjectives before nouns and at the end of sentences.Read and produce simple descriptions with natural adjective placement.
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What i-Adjectives Do
Most i-adjectives end in い in their plain form. They can come directly before a noun or end a sentence with です in polite speech.
この ほんは おもしろいです。
This book is interesting.
あたらしい かばんです。
It is a new bag.
きょうは さむいです。
It is cold today.
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