i-adjective conjugation
So, I'm learning adjective conjugations, but it's in informal Japanese (which I do not speak), so I'll try to conjugate them in formal Japanese. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Adjective: 「たかい」
The negative (present & future) form of 「たかい」 is 「たかく」and is followed by the negative copula 「やりません」. 「それはたかいですか」「いえ、たかくやりません」
The past form is 「たかかった」, and is followed by the copula 「です」.「きょねんのりおこうはたかかったです」
The negative past form is 「たかく」and is followed by the past negative copula 「やりませんでした」.「せんげつ、おちゃはたかくやりませんでした」
In conclusion, to make an i-adjective negative, you replace the "i" with 'ku" and give it the proper copula. To make it past-positive, you replace the "i" with "katta" and give it the regular copula, "desu".
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i-adjective conjugation
Adjective: 「たかい」
The negative (present & future) form of 「たかい」 is 「たかく」and is followed by the negative copula 「やりません」. 「それはたかいですか」「いえ、たかくやりません」
--> it's ありません like たかくありません, you can also say たかくないです though I would use the first one when I talk in the formal form.
The past form is 「たかかった」, and is followed by the copula 「です」.「きょねんのりおこうはたかかったです」
*きょねんのりおこう --> きょねんのりょこう
The negative past form is 「たかく」and is followed by the past negative copula 「やりませんでした」.「せんげつ、おちゃはたかくやりませんでした」
--> せんげつ、おちゃはたかくありませんでした or たかくなかったです.
In conclusion, to make an i-adjective negative, you replace the "i" with 'ku" and give it the proper copula. To make it past-positive, you replace the "i" with "katta" and give it the regular copula, "desu".
--> I think you understood it perfectly, and now you need to practice with other adjectives. Please keep up!
¡Mucha suerte!
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It looks like I'm going to have to learn informal Japanese either way.
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http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa040101b.htm
That page helped me alot.
Another interesting thing is my neighbor said in Japan, most people don't use the "ja arimasen" version. They would say "Takakunai desu." in a formal situation. And "Takakunai" in an informal situation. He said they mostly use "ja arimasen" to make a firm statement or emphasis (even in casual conversation). Quick example.
それはたかくないです -That's not expensive.
それはたかくじゃありめせん - That's NOT expensive.
He's from Tokyo so I dunno if this applies to other areas.
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