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Conjugation of Japanese adjective 古い - old - furui

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    古い

    Reading

    ふるい
    furui

    Meaning

    is old

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    古くない

    Reading

    ふるくない
    furukunai

    Meaning

    is not old

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    古いです

    Reading

    ふるいです
    furuidesu

    Meaning

    is old

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    古くありません

    Reading

    ふるくありません
    furukuarimasen

    Meaning

    is not old

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    古かった

    Reading

    ふるかった
    furukatta

    Meaning

    was old

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    古くなかった

    Reading

    ふるくなかった
    furukunakatta

    Meaning

    was not old

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    古かったです

    Reading

    ふるかったです
    furukattadesu

    Meaning

    was old

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    古くありませんでした

    Reading

    ふるくありませんでした
    furukuarimasendeshita

    Meaning

    was not old

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    古くて

    Reading

    ふるくて
    furukute

    Meaning

    is old, and...

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    古くなくて

    Reading

    ふるくなくて
    furukunakute

    Meaning

    is not old, and...

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    古いだろう

    Reading

    ふるいだろう
    furuidarou

    Meaning

    will probably be old

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    古くないだろう

    Reading

    ふるくないだろう
    furukunaidarou

    Meaning

    probably won't be old

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    古いでしょう

    Reading

    ふるいでしょう
    furuideshou

    Meaning

    will probably be old

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    古くないでしょう

    Reading

    ふるくないでしょう
    furukunaideshou

    Meaning

    probably won't be old

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    古く

    Reading

    ふるく
    furuku

    Meaning

    in a old way

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    古ければ

    Reading

    ふるければ
    furukereba

    Meaning

    if it is old

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    古くなければ

    Reading

    ふるくなければ
    furukunakereba

    Meaning

    if it is not old

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    古かったら

    Reading

    ふるかったら
    furukattara

    Meaning

    if it was old

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    古くなかったら

    Reading

    ふるくなかったら
    furukunakattara

    Meaning

    if it was not old

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    古さ

    Reading

    ふるさ
    furusa

    Meaning

    old-ness (or the quality of being old)

Word Detail

    word

    古い

    Meaning

    Old

Kanji in this Adjective

  • kanji

    古

    Meaning

    Old

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