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蒸し暑い (mushiatsui) conjugation

JLPT N3 i-adjective (形容詞)

humid, sultry

蒸し暑い (むしあつい, mushiatsui) 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

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

mushiatsuidesu
The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”.
Negative
mushiatsukunai

mushiatsukunaidesu
“is not ~”.
Past
mushiatsukatta

mushiatsukattadesu
“was ~”.
Past negative
mushiatsukunakatta

mushiatsukunakattadesu
“was not ~”.
Te-form
mushiatsukute
Links to the next clause: “~ and …”.
Adverb
mushiatsuku
Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb.
Before a noun
mushiatsui〜
How it attaches when it modifies a noun.
Conditional (~ば/なら)
mushiatsukereba
“if it is ~”.
Conditional (~たら)
mushiatsukattara
“if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional.
Become (~なる)
mushiatsukunaru

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

mushiatsusugimasu
“too ~”.
Looks ~ (~そう)
mushiatsusou

mushiatsusoudesu
“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.

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