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Conjugation of Japanese adjective 偉い - great, respectable - erai

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    偉い

    Reading

    えらい
    erai

    Meaning

    is great

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    偉くない

    Reading

    えらくない
    erakunai

    Meaning

    is not great

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    偉いです

    Reading

    えらいです
    eraidesu

    Meaning

    is great

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    偉くありません

    Reading

    えらくありません
    erakuarimasen

    Meaning

    is not great

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    偉かった

    Reading

    えらかった
    erakatta

    Meaning

    was great

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    偉くなかった

    Reading

    えらくなかった
    erakunakatta

    Meaning

    was not great

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    偉かったです

    Reading

    えらかったです
    erakattadesu

    Meaning

    was great

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    偉くありませんでした

    Reading

    えらくありませんでした
    erakuarimasendeshita

    Meaning

    was not great

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    偉くて

    Reading

    えらくて
    erakute

    Meaning

    is great, and...

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    偉くなくて

    Reading

    えらくなくて
    erakunakute

    Meaning

    is not great, and...

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    偉いだろう

    Reading

    えらいだろう
    eraidarou

    Meaning

    will probably be great

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    偉くないだろう

    Reading

    えらくないだろう
    erakunaidarou

    Meaning

    probably won't be great

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    偉いでしょう

    Reading

    えらいでしょう
    eraideshou

    Meaning

    will probably be great

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    偉くないでしょう

    Reading

    えらくないでしょう
    erakunaideshou

    Meaning

    probably won't be great

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    偉く

    Reading

    えらく
    eraku

    Meaning

    in a great way

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    偉ければ

    Reading

    えらければ
    erakereba

    Meaning

    if it is great

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    偉くなければ

    Reading

    えらくなければ
    erakunakereba

    Meaning

    if it is not great

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    偉かったら

    Reading

    えらかったら
    erakattara

    Meaning

    if it was great

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    偉くなかったら

    Reading

    えらくなかったら
    erakunakattara

    Meaning

    if it was not great

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    偉さ

    Reading

    えらさ
    erasa

    Meaning

    great-ness (or the quality of being great)

Word Detail

    word

    偉い

    Meaning

    Great, Respectable

Kanji in this Adjective

  • kanji

    偉

    Meaning

    Great, Admirable

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