危うい (ayaui) conjugation
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危うい (あやうい, ayaui) 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 | 危うい ayaui | 危ういです ayauidesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 危うくない ayaukunai | 危うくないです ayaukunaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 危うかった ayaukatta | 危うかったです ayaukattadesu | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 危うくなかった ayaukunakatta | 危うくなかったです ayaukunakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 危うくて ayaukute | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 危うく ayauku | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 危うい〜 ayaui〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 危うければ ayaukereba | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 危うかったら ayaukattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 危うくなる ayaukunaru | 危うくなります ayaukunarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 危うすぎる ayausugiru | 危うすぎます ayausugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 危うそう ayausou | 危うそうです ayausoudesu | “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.