手頃 (tegoro) conjugation
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手頃 (てごろ, tegoro) 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 | 手頃だ tegoroda | 手頃です tegorodesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 手頃じゃない tegorojanai | 手頃じゃないです tegorojanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 手頃だった tegorodatta | 手頃でした tegorodeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 手頃じゃなかった tegorojanakatta | 手頃じゃなかったです tegorojanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 手頃で tegorode | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 手頃に tegoroni | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 手頃な〜 tegorona〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 手頃なら tegoronara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 手頃だったら tegorodattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 手頃になる tegoroninaru | 手頃になります tegoroninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 手頃すぎる tegorosugiru | 手頃すぎます tegorosugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 手頃そう tegorosou | 手頃そうです tegorosoudesu | “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.