生温い (namanurui) conjugation
lukewarm, halfhearted
生温い (なまぬるい, namanurui) 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 | 生温い namanurui | 生温いです namanuruidesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 生温くない namanurukunai | 生温くないです namanurukunaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 生温かった namanurukatta | 生温かったです namanurukattadesu | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 生温くなかった namanurukunakatta | 生温くなかったです namanurukunakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 生温くて namanurukute | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 生温く namanuruku | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 生温い〜 namanurui〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 生温ければ namanurukereba | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 生温かったら namanurukattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 生温くなる namanurukunaru | 生温くなります namanurukunarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 生温すぎる namanurusugiru | 生温すぎます namanurusugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 生温そう namanurusou | 生温そうです namanurusoudesu | “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.