強烈 (kyouretsu) conjugation
strong, intense, severe
強烈 (きょうれつ, kyouretsu) 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 | 強烈だ kyouretsuda | 強烈です kyouretsudesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 強烈じゃない kyouretsujanai | 強烈じゃないです kyouretsujanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 強烈だった kyouretsudatta | 強烈でした kyouretsudeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 強烈じゃなかった kyouretsujanakatta | 強烈じゃなかったです kyouretsujanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 強烈で kyouretsude | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 強烈に kyouretsuni | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 強烈な〜 kyouretsuna〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 強烈なら kyouretsunara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 強烈だったら kyouretsudattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 強烈になる kyouretsuninaru | 強烈になります kyouretsuninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 強烈すぎる kyouretsusugiru | 強烈すぎます kyouretsusugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 強烈そう kyouretsusou | 強烈そうです kyouretsusoudesu | “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.