適度 (tekido) conjugation
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適度 (てきど, tekido) 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 | 適度だ tekidoda | 適度です tekidodesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | 適度じゃない tekidojanai | 適度じゃないです tekidojanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | 適度だった tekidodatta | 適度でした tekidodeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | 適度じゃなかった tekidojanakatta | 適度じゃなかったです tekidojanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | 適度で tekidode | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | 適度に tekidoni | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | 適度な〜 tekidona〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | 適度なら tekidonara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | 適度だったら tekidodattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | 適度になる tekidoninaru | 適度になります tekidoninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | 適度すぎる tekidosugiru | 適度すぎます tekidosugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | 適度そう tekidosou | 適度そうです tekidosoudesu | “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.