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Hello.
I want to ask a question about Japanese adjectives. There are 2 group of adjectives, right, the "na" and "i" adjectives. In a book I used for studying, I have a word "akarui" (bright, lovely). I then learned about how to use more than one adjective in a sentence. For "na" adjectives we use "de" and for "i" adjectives we use "-kute". I also learned about how to say what I think ("to omoimasu"). However I found a contradiction:
リエさんはあかるくてきれいです。
リエさんはあかるいだとおもいます。
The first line treated "akarui" as an "i" adjective but the second line treated is as "na" adjective. What kind of adjective is "akarui" actually?
And is there an efficient way to differentiate "na" and "i" adjective besides memorizing them? XD In my book it's said that any adjective ending with "-ei" is always "na" adjective. As for "i" adjectives they mostly end with "-ii".
Thanks for answering!
I want to ask a question about Japanese adjectives. There are 2 group of adjectives, right, the "na" and "i" adjectives. In a book I used for studying, I have a word "akarui" (bright, lovely). I then learned about how to use more than one adjective in a sentence. For "na" adjectives we use "de" and for "i" adjectives we use "-kute". I also learned about how to say what I think ("to omoimasu"). However I found a contradiction:
リエさんはあかるくてきれいです。
リエさんはあかるいだとおもいます。
The first line treated "akarui" as an "i" adjective but the second line treated is as "na" adjective. What kind of adjective is "akarui" actually?
And is there an efficient way to differentiate "na" and "i" adjective besides memorizing them? XD In my book it's said that any adjective ending with "-ei" is always "na" adjective. As for "i" adjectives they mostly end with "-ii".
Thanks for answering!