Na-Adjectives

add Na-Adjective right before a noun but “Na” should be added between the Na-Adjective and the noun.

E.g.

すき

Suki na hito (favorite person)

あの先生は、わたしのすき人です。

Ano sensee wa watashi no suki na hito desu. (That teacher is my favorite person.)

 

Just add Na-Adjective right before –desu

E.g.

ゆうめいです。

Yuumee desu. (It is) famous.

 

Just add de wa arimasen” or “de wa nai desu. 
"De wa" is casually pronounced
as "jaa" in spoken language. (the "Wa" is the particle so it is written with "は(not わ)."

Note: Remember how to say “(I) do not like (something)?   

(something) wa suki jaa arimasen. 

E.g.

ゆうめいではありません

ゆうめいではないです  (It is) not famous.

 

    

 

Basic Adjectives-na                                                                                           

English Equivalent

Positive

Negative

Convenient

Non-past

べんりです


べんりではないです

べんりではありません

Inconvenient

Non-past

ふべん

Clean

Non-past

きれい

Like

Non-past

すき

Dislike

Non-past

きらい

Easy

Non-past

かんたん

Free, Not Busy

Non-past

ひま

Big

Non-past

おおきな*

Small

Non-past

ちいさな*

* Since 大きな and小さな are only used with nouns, they do not have predicate forms (the forms connected with -です). Therefore, use i-adjective forms for negative conjugations.