妙 (myou) conjugation
strange, unusual
妙 (みょう, myou) 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 | 妙だ myouda | 妙です myoudesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 妙じゃない myoujanai | 妙じゃないです myoujanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 妙だった myoudatta | 妙でした myoudeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 妙じゃなかった myoujanakatta | 妙じゃなかったです myoujanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 妙で myoude | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 妙に myouni | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 妙な〜 myouna〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 妙なら myounara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 妙だったら myoudattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 妙になる myouninaru | 妙になります myouninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 妙すぎる myousugiru | 妙すぎます myousugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 妙そう myousou | 妙そうです myousoudesu | “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.