厳か (ogosoka) conjugation
majestic, dignified
厳か (おごそか, ogosoka) 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 | 厳かだ ogosokada | 厳かです ogosokadesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 厳かじゃない ogosokajanai | 厳かじゃないです ogosokajanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 厳かだった ogosokadatta | 厳かでした ogosokadeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 厳かじゃなかった ogosokajanakatta | 厳かじゃなかったです ogosokajanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 厳かで ogosokade | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 厳かに ogosokani | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 厳かな〜 ogosokana〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 厳かなら ogosokanara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 厳かだったら ogosokadattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 厳かになる ogosokaninaru | 厳かになります ogosokaninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 厳かすぎる ogosokasugiru | 厳かすぎます ogosokasugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 厳かそう ogosokasou | 厳かそうです ogosokasoudesu | “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.