朗らか (hogaraka) conjugation
bright, cheerful, melodious
朗らか (ほがらか, hogaraka) 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 | 朗らかだ hogarakada | 朗らかです hogarakadesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 朗らかじゃない hogarakajanai | 朗らかじゃないです hogarakajanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 朗らかだった hogarakadatta | 朗らかでした hogarakadeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 朗らかじゃなかった hogarakajanakatta | 朗らかじゃなかったです hogarakajanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 朗らかで hogarakade | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 朗らかに hogarakani | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 朗らかな〜 hogarakana〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 朗らかなら hogarakanara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 朗らかだったら hogarakadattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 朗らかになる hogarakaninaru | 朗らかになります hogarakaninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 朗らかすぎる hogarakasugiru | 朗らかすぎます hogarakasugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 朗らかそう hogarakasou | 朗らかそうです hogarakasoudesu | “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.