ユニーク (yuni-ku) conjugation
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ユニーク (ユニーク, yuni-ku) 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 | ユニークだ yuni-kuda | ユニークです yuni-kudesu | The form you look up. Also the casual “is ~”. |
| Negative | ユニークじゃない yuni-kujanai | ユニークじゃないです yuni-kujanaidesu | “is not ~”. |
| Past | ユニークだった yuni-kudatta | ユニークでした yuni-kudeshita | “was ~”. |
| Past negative | ユニークじゃなかった yuni-kujanakatta | ユニークじゃなかったです yuni-kujanakattadesu | “was not ~”. |
| Te-form | ユニークで yuni-kude | — | Links to the next clause: “~ and …”. |
| Adverb | ユニークに yuni-kuni | — | Turns it into “~ly”, describing a verb. |
| Before a noun | ユニークな〜 yuni-kuna〜 | — | How it attaches when it modifies a noun. |
| Conditional (~ば/なら) | ユニークなら yuni-kunara | — | “if it is ~”. |
| Conditional (~たら) | ユニークだったら yuni-kudattara | — | “if / when it is ~”. The everyday conditional. |
| Become (~なる) | ユニークになる yuni-kuninaru | ユニークになります yuni-kuninarimasu | “becomes ~” — the change-of-state form. |
| Too much (~すぎる) | ユニークすぎる yuni-kusugiru | ユニークすぎます yuni-kusugimasu | “too ~”. |
| Looks ~ (~そう) | ユニークそう yuni-kusou | ユニークそうです yuni-kusoudesu | “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.