おしゃれ (oshare) conjugation
smartly dressed, fashion-conscious
おしゃれ (おしゃれ, oshare) 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.
Written お洒落 in kanji, but usually written in kana alone.
Conjugation table
| Form | Plain (casual) | Polite (~です) | When you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary / plain | おしゃれだ oshareda | おしゃれです osharedesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | おしゃれじゃない osharejanai | おしゃれじゃないです osharejanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | おしゃれだった osharedatta | おしゃれでした osharedeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | おしゃれじゃなかった osharejanakatta | おしゃれじゃなかったです osharejanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | おしゃれで osharede | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | おしゃれに oshareni | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | おしゃれな〜 osharena〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | おしゃれなら osharenara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | おしゃれだったら osharedattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | おしゃれになる oshareninaru | おしゃれになります oshareninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | おしゃれすぎる osharesugiru | おしゃれすぎます osharesugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | おしゃれそう osharesou | おしゃれそうです osharesoudesu | “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.