新た (arata) conjugation
new, fresh
新た (あらた, arata) is a na-adjective. Na-adjectives behave like nouns. The word itself never changes — you conjugate だ/です after it, and you need な to put it in front of a noun.
Conjugation table
| Form | Plain (casual) | Polite (~です) | When you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary / plain | 新ただ aratada | 新たです aratadesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 新たじゃない aratajanai | 新たじゃないです aratajanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 新ただった aratadatta | 新たでした aratadeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 新たじゃなかった aratajanakatta | 新たじゃなかったです aratajanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 新たで aratade | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 新たに aratani | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 新たな〜 aratana〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 新たなら aratanara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 新ただったら aratadattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 新たになる arataninaru | 新たになります arataninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 新たすぎる aratasugiru | 新たすぎます aratasugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 新たそう aratasou | 新たそうです aratasoudesu | “looks / seems ~” from appearance. |
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Why it conjugates this way
Na-adjectives behave like nouns. The word itself never changes — you conjugate だ/です after it, and you need な to put it in front of a noun.
See the full rules in the adjective conjugation guide.