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  • February 18, 2013 at 4:18 pm #38627

    Alexandre Seguin
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    I’m a bit confused, when an い adjective is used after a noun you conjugate it. But when it’s before the noun and its not a present/future sentence you leave the adjective as is? right?

     

    Thanks,

    February 18, 2013 at 8:16 pm #38632

    Joel
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    You can conjugate pre-nominal adjectives, but the resultant meaning is slightly different.

    それは高い建物でした – that was a tall building (but it’s not a building any more)

    それは高かった建物です – that was a tall building (but it’s not tall any more)

    Perhaps not the best of examples, but you get the picture, yes?

    February 19, 2013 at 4:17 pm #38651

    Alexandre Seguin
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    Oh, ok.  if you conjugate the adjective before the word, it affects the meaning of the adjective towards the word

    same goes for な adjectives, right?

    February 19, 2013 at 4:45 pm #38652

    Joel
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    Yep.

    February 19, 2013 at 4:56 pm #38653

    Alexandre Seguin
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    Thank you!

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