Japanese i adjective Te Form

i adjective in Japanese has its own te form. Today we will learn how to make i adjective te form in Japanese language. First lets learn the rule for i adjective te form.

RULE:

To change i adjective to te form simply replace い (i) with くて (kute) at the end of the word.
Example:
おおき becomes おおきくて
なが becomes ながくて
あたらし becomes あたらしくて

Lets have a look on te form for common i adjectives.

Hiragana
Kanji
Meaning
Te form
Reading
おおきい
大きい
big
おおきくて
ooki-kute
ちいさい
小さい
small/short
ちいさくて
chisa-kute
ひくい
低い
low
ひくくて
hiku-kute
ながい
長い
long
ながくて
naga-kute
みじかい
短い
short
みじかくて
mijika-kute
たかい
高い
high (building/mountain)
たかくて
taka-kute
たかい
高い
expensive
たかくて
taka-kute
やすい
安い
cheap
やすくて
yasu-kute
おもい
重い
heavy
おもくて
omo-kute
かるい
軽い
light
かるくて
karu-kute
おいしい
美味しい
delicious
おいしくて
oishi-kute
まずい
不味い
unpleasant/bad
まずくて
mazu-kute
あたらしい
新しい
new
あたらしくて
atarashi-kute
ふるい
古い
old
ふるくて
furu-kute
あまい
甘い
sweet
あまくて
ama-kute
からい
辛い
spicy
からくて
kara-kute
ちかい
近い
near/close
ちかくて
chika-kute
とおい
遠い
far
とおくて
too-kute
はやい
速い
fast
はやくて
haya-kute
おそい
遅い
slow/late
おそくて
oso-kute
むずかしい
難しい
difficult
むずかしくて
muzukashi-kute
あつい
暑い
hot (weather)
あつくて
atsu-kute
さむい
寒い
cold (weather)
さむくて
samu-kute
あたたかい
暖かい
warm
あたたかくて
atataka-kute
すずし​い
涼しい
cool
すずしくて
suzushi-kute
おもしろい
面白い
funny/interesting
おもしろくて
omoshiro-kute
つまらない
詰らない
boring
つまらなくて
tsumarana-kute
いい

good
よくて
yokute
わるい
悪い
bad
わるくて
waru-kute
いそがしい
忙しい
busy
いそがしくて
isogashi-kute
きたない
汚い
dirty
きたなくて
kitana-kute
かわいい
可愛い
cute
かわいくて
kawai-kute

Note that, いい (ii) i adjective te form is よくて (yokute). This is an exception. たかい (takai) means both high and expensive. Now you know how to make te form for Japanese i adjective. Hope this grammar lesson helps you enough to understand te form for Japanese i adjectives.

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