0061 – Japanese basics (N5-N3) – Adjective sentence 3 (Add an adjective to a noun)

How can I say in Japanese that I ate very delicious sushi last night?

See also:

• Adjective sentence 1 (basic)
• Adjective sentence 2 (negative form & question)

Combine an adjective and a noun

As we have seen in Adjective sentence 1, there are two types of adjectives in Japanese.

i-adjectve:

おいしい

oishii

Delicious 

安い

yasui

Cheap 

高い

takai

Expensive

High

na-adjective:

便利

benri

Useful 

親切

shinsetsu 

Gentle 

綺麗

kirei

Beautiful, clean

and when we add these adjectives to nouns, we need to do like this:

• i-adjective + noun

• na-adjective + な(na) + noun

So, for example, 

i-adjectve:

おいしい寿司

oishii sushi

Delicious sushi

na-adjective:

綺麗な人

kirei na hito

Beautiful person

昨日の夜、おいしい寿司を食べました。

kinou no yoru oishii sushi wo tabe mashita.

I ate very delicious sushi last night?

What kind of X

For asking what kind of X one is, 

どんな(donna) + noun

is typycally used.

For example, 

A:

田中さんはどんな人ですか。

Tanaka-san wa donna hito desu ka.

What kind of person is Tanaka-san?

B:

親切な人です。

shinsetsu na hito desu.

He/She is a kind person.