やさしい (yasashii) conjugation
easy, plain, simple
やさしい (やさしい, yasashii) is an i-adjective. I-adjectives carry their own tense: drop the final い and the endings attach straight to the stem. No だ, no です needed to make a complete sentence.
Written 易しい in kanji, but usually written in kana alone.
Conjugation table
| Form | Plain (casual) | Polite (~です) | When you use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dictionary / plain | やさしい yasashii | やさしいです yasashiidesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | やさしくない yasashikunai | やさしくないです yasashikunaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | やさしかった yasashikatta | やさしかったです yasashikattadesu | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | やさしくなかった yasashikunakatta | やさしくなかったです yasashikunakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | やさしくて yasashikute | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | やさしく yasashiku | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | やさしい〜 yasashii〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | やさしければ yasashikereba | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | やさしかったら yasashikattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | やさしくなる yasashikunaru | やさしくなります yasashikunarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | やさしすぎる yasashisugiru | やさしすぎます yasashisugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | やさしそう yasashisou | やさしそうです yasashisoudesu | “looks / seems ~” from appearance. |
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Why it conjugates this way
I-adjectives carry their own tense: drop the final い and the endings attach straight to the stem. No だ, no です needed to make a complete sentence.
See the full rules in the adjective conjugation guide.