人柄 (hitogara) conjugation
personality, character
人柄 (ひとがら, hitogara) 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 | 人柄だ hitogarada | 人柄です hitogaradesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 人柄じゃない hitogarajanai | 人柄じゃないです hitogarajanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 人柄だった hitogaradatta | 人柄でした hitogaradeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 人柄じゃなかった hitogarajanakatta | 人柄じゃなかったです hitogarajanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 人柄で hitogarade | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 人柄に hitogarani | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 人柄な〜 hitogarana〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 人柄なら hitogaranara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 人柄だったら hitogaradattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 人柄になる hitogaraninaru | 人柄になります hitogaraninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 人柄すぎる hitogarasugiru | 人柄すぎます hitogarasugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 人柄そう hitogarasou | 人柄そうです hitogarasoudesu | “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.