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温暖 (ondan) conjugation

JLPT N3 na-adjective (形容動詞)

warmth

温暖 (おんだん, ondan) 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

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

ondandesu
The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”.
Negative
ondanjanai

ondanjanaidesu
“is not ~”.
Past
ondandatta

ondandeshita
“was ~”.
Past negative
ondanjanakatta

ondanjanakattadesu
“was not ~”.
Te-form
ondande
Links to the next clause: “~ and …”.
Adverb
ondanni
Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb.
Before a noun
ondanna〜
How it attaches when it modifies a noun.
Conditional (~ば/なら)
ondannara
“if it is ~”.
Conditional (~たら)
ondandattara
“if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional.
Become (~なる)
ondanninaru

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

ondansugimasu
“too ~”.
Looks ~ (~そう)
ondansou

ondansoudesu
“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.

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