醜い (minikui) conjugation
ugly
醜い (みにくい, minikui) is an i-adjective. I-adjectives carry their own tense: drop the final い and the endings attach straight to the stem. No だ, no です needed to make a complete sentence.
Conjugation table
| Form | Plain (casual) | Polite (~です) | When you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary / plain | 醜い minikui | 醜いです minikuidesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 醜くない minikukunai | 醜くないです minikukunaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 醜かった minikukatta | 醜かったです minikukattadesu | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 醜くなかった minikukunakatta | 醜くなかったです minikukunakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 醜くて minikukute | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 醜く minikuku | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 醜い〜 minikui〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 醜ければ minikukereba | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 醜かったら minikukattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 醜くなる minikukunaru | 醜くなります minikukunarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 醜すぎる minikusugiru | 醜すぎます minikusugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 醜そう minikusou | 醜そうです minikusoudesu | “looks / seems ~” from appearance. |
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Why it conjugates this way
I-adjectives carry their own tense: drop the final い and the endings attach straight to the stem. No だ, no です needed to make a complete sentence.
See the full rules in the adjective conjugation guide.