大好き (daisuki) conjugation
very like-able, like very much
大好き (だいすき, daisuki) 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 | 大好きだ daisukida | 大好きです daisukidesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 大好きじゃない daisukijanai | 大好きじゃないです daisukijanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 大好きだった daisukidatta | 大好きでした daisukideshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 大好きじゃなかった daisukijanakatta | 大好きじゃなかったです daisukijanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 大好きで daisukide | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 大好きに daisukini | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 大好きな〜 daisukina〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 大好きなら daisukinara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 大好きだったら daisukidattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 大好きになる daisukininaru | 大好きになります daisukininarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 大好きすぎる daisukisugiru | 大好きすぎます daisukisugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 大好きそう daisukisou | 大好きそうです daisukisoudesu | “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.