順調 (junchou) conjugation
doing well
順調 (じゅんちょう, junchou) 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 | 順調だ junchouda | 順調です junchoudesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 順調じゃない junchoujanai | 順調じゃないです junchoujanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 順調だった junchoudatta | 順調でした junchoudeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 順調じゃなかった junchoujanakatta | 順調じゃなかったです junchoujanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 順調で junchoude | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 順調に junchouni | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 順調な〜 junchouna〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 順調なら junchounara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 順調だったら junchoudattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 順調になる junchouninaru | 順調になります junchouninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 順調すぎる junchousugiru | 順調すぎます junchousugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 順調そう junchousou | 順調そうです junchousoudesu | “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.