Put な between a な-adjective and a noun: 静かな部屋. At the end of a polite sentence use 静かです, without な. Compare the examples, then use the table to build your own sentences.

The idea

Put な between a な-adjective and a noun: 静かな部屋. At the end of a polite sentence use 静かです, without な. To negate a polite predicate, use じゃありません or ではありません: 便利じゃありません. The meaning is “not convenient”.

Patterns to compare
Starting formForm or example
静しずか静しずかな部屋へや
静しずか静しずかです
便利べんり便利べんりじゃありません
きれいきれいな公園こうえん

Examples

  • この公園こうえんはとても静しずかです。This park is very quiet.
  • 便利べんりな店みせは駅えきの近ちかくにあります。The convenient shop is near the station.
  • その部屋へやはとてもきれいです。That room is very clean.
  • この町まちはあまりにぎやかじゃありません。This town is not very lively.
  • 私わたしは日本にほんの音楽おんがくが好すきです。I like Japanese music.
  • 静しずかな喫茶店きっさてんで本ほんを読よみます。I read a book in a quiet café.

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Watch out

きれい ends in い but belongs to the な group: say きれいな部屋, not きれい部屋. 好き also uses な before a noun.

Try it yourself

  1. Choose the form that completes the sentence. 静しずか＿＿部屋へやです。（な／の）

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    な

    な — Put な between a な-adjective and a noun: 静かな部屋. At the end of a polite sentence use 静かです, without な.

  2. Choose the form that completes the sentence. 部屋へやは静しずか＿＿。（です／なです）

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    です

    です — Put な between a な-adjective and a noun: 静かな部屋. At the end of a polite sentence use 静かです, without な.

  3. Write the polite negative form. 「便利べんりです」→ ＿＿

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    便利じゃありません

    便利じゃありません — To negate a polite predicate, use じゃありません or ではありません: 便利じゃありません. The meaning is “not convenient”.

Use it today

Cover the examples. Make two new sentences using the pattern, then check them against the table.