熱い (atsui) conjugation
hot (objects)
熱い (あつい, atsui) is an i-adjective. I-adjectives carry their own tense: drop the final い and the endings attach straight to the stem. No だ, no です needed to make a complete sentence.
Conjugation table
| Form | Plain (casual) | Polite (~です) | When you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary / plain | 熱い atsui | 熱いです atsuidesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 熱くない atsukunai | 熱くないです atsukunaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 熱かった atsukatta | 熱かったです atsukattadesu | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 熱くなかった atsukunakatta | 熱くなかったです atsukunakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 熱くて atsukute | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 熱く atsuku | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 熱い〜 atsui〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 熱ければ atsukereba | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 熱かったら atsukattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 熱くなる atsukunaru | 熱くなります atsukunarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 熱すぎる atsusugiru | 熱すぎます atsusugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 熱そう atsusou | 熱そうです atsusoudesu | “looks / seems ~” from appearance. |
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Why it conjugates this way
I-adjectives carry their own tense: drop the final い and the endings attach straight to the stem. No だ, no です needed to make a complete sentence.
See the full rules in the adjective conjugation guide.