陰気 (inki) conjugation
gloom, melancholy
陰気 (いんき, inki) 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 | 陰気だ inkida | 陰気です inkidesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 陰気じゃない inkijanai | 陰気じゃないです inkijanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 陰気だった inkidatta | 陰気でした inkideshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 陰気じゃなかった inkijanakatta | 陰気じゃなかったです inkijanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 陰気で inkide | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 陰気に inkini | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 陰気な〜 inkina〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 陰気なら inkinara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 陰気だったら inkidattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 陰気になる inkininaru | 陰気になります inkininarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 陰気すぎる inkisugiru | 陰気すぎます inkisugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 陰気そう inkisou | 陰気そうです inkisoudesu | “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.