望ましい (nozomashii) conjugation
desirable, hoped for
望ましい (のぞましい, nozomashii) 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 | 望ましい nozomashii | 望ましいです nozomashiidesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 望ましくない nozomashikunai | 望ましくないです nozomashikunaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 望ましかった nozomashikatta | 望ましかったです nozomashikattadesu | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 望ましくなかった nozomashikunakatta | 望ましくなかったです nozomashikunakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 望ましくて nozomashikute | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 望ましく nozomashiku | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 望ましい〜 nozomashii〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 望ましければ nozomashikereba | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 望ましかったら nozomashikattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 望ましくなる nozomashikunaru | 望ましくなります nozomashikunarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 望ましすぎる nozomashisugiru | 望ましすぎます nozomashisugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 望ましそう nozomashisou | 望ましそうです nozomashisoudesu | “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.