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強烈 (kyouretsu) conjugation

JLPT N1 na-adjective (形容動詞)

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

FormPlain (casual)Polite (~です)When you use it
Dictionary / plain
kyouretsuda

kyouretsudesu
The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”.
Negative
kyouretsujanai

kyouretsujanaidesu
“is not ~”.
Past
kyouretsudatta

kyouretsudeshita
“was ~”.
Past negative
kyouretsujanakatta

kyouretsujanakattadesu
“was not ~”.
Te-form
kyouretsude
Links to the next clause: “~ and …”.
Adverb
kyouretsuni
Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb.
Before a noun
kyouretsuna〜
How it attaches when it modifies a noun.
Conditional (~ば/なら)
kyouretsunara
“if it is ~”.
Conditional (~たら)
kyouretsudattara
“if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional.
Become (~なる)
kyouretsuninaru

kyouretsuninarimasu
“becomes ~” — the change-of-state form.
Too much (~すぎる)
kyouretsusugiru

kyouretsusugimasu
“too ~”.
Looks ~ (~そう)
kyouretsusou

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.

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