健やか (sukoyaka) conjugation
vigorous, healthy, sound
健やか (すこやか, sukoyaka) 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 | 健やかだ sukoyakada | 健やかです sukoyakadesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 健やかじゃない sukoyakajanai | 健やかじゃないです sukoyakajanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 健やかだった sukoyakadatta | 健やかでした sukoyakadeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 健やかじゃなかった sukoyakajanakatta | 健やかじゃなかったです sukoyakajanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 健やかで sukoyakade | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 健やかに sukoyakani | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 健やかな〜 sukoyakana〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 健やかなら sukoyakanara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 健やかだったら sukoyakadattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 健やかになる sukoyakaninaru | 健やかになります sukoyakaninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 健やかすぎる sukoyakasugiru | 健やかすぎます sukoyakasugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 健やかそう sukoyakasou | 健やかそうです sukoyakasoudesu | “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.