★Build some sentences using い i-adjectives

I talked about い i-adjectives on this post. → い i-adjectives list and how to use them
Now you know how to use i-adjectives in casual, formal way, past tense and negative form.
It would be nice if you can explain more detail about it.

When an i-adjectives is placed in front of a noun, it modifies the noun directly.
If you are an English speaker, it is easy for you to understand.

i-adjectives + noun
おおきい(big) ＋ いえ (house) = おおきいいえ big house

かわいい(cute) ＋ いぬ (dog)  = かわいいいぬ cute dog

やすい(cheap) ＋ ふく (clothes) =やすいふく cheap clothes

こわい(scary) ＋ えいが (movie) = こわいえいが scary movie

あたらしい(new) ＋ ほん (book)  = あたらしいほん new book

あかい(red) ＋ くるま (car) = あかいくるま red car


★You can simply add です at the end to make a sentence.

おおきいいえです　It is a big house.

かわいいいぬです　It is a cute dog.

やすいふくです　It is a cheap clothes.

It is easy, isn't it?



How about when you want to say "The house is big."?
I-adjectives also function as predicates to a sentence. It gives a property to the subject.

noun は adjective です 
(noun is adjective)

The は between noun and adjective is called a particle. 
When you use は as a particle, we pronounce it as WA, not HA.
We use the particles to build Japanese sentences and there are multiple uses.
It will make your head hurts if I explained all the particles and their uses at once,
so we are going to learn one at a time.

What I would like you to remember today is
A particle は marks the topic of the sentence. 
The topic can be anything you want to talk about.



Let's make a sentence.
The noun is the house which is the topic and the adjective is big,

so it's gonna be
いえ は おおきいです　The house is big.

You probably remember that adding です at the end makes a formal sentence from the last post.
So when you want to say it casually, just take off です.

いえ は おおきい　The house is big. (Informal)


えいがはこわいです　The movie is scary.

ほんはあたらしいです　The book is new.

くるまはあかいです　The car is red.




Now, please try to make sentences by yourself.

1. たかい expensive, シャツ shirt
- It is an expensive shirt.
- The shirt is expensive.


2. ながい long, はし bridge
- It is a long bridge.
- The bridge is long.


3. あつい hot, へや room
- It is a hot room.
- The room is hot.

Please leave your sentences in the comment!