汚い
きたない
dirty, unclean, filthy
i-adjective
Conjugation Table
Present
汚い
Negative
汚くない
Past
汚かった
Past Negative
汚くなかった
Te Form
汚くて
Adverbial
汚く
Conditional
汚ければ
Presumptive
汚いでしょう
Example Sentences
この部屋は汚いです。
This room is dirty.
Kono heya wa kitanai desu.
昨日、汚いお皿を洗いました。
Yesterday, I washed the dirty dishes.
Kinō, kitanai o-sara o araimashita.
その服は汚くないです。
Those clothes are not dirty.
Sono fuku wa kitanakunai desu.
Grammar Notes & Usage Tips
•Basic Conjugation**: Since 汚い (きたない) is an i-adjective, you can easily make it negative by changing the ending to 汚くない (きたなくない), meaning "not dirty." Just remember to replace the い with くない for the negative form!
•Past Tense**: To express that something was dirty in the past, change the ending to 汚かった (きたなかった). It's as simple as swapping the い with かった, making it easy to talk about past messes.
•Particle Pairing**: When using 汚い to describe a noun, remember to place it directly before the noun without any particles. For example, 汚い部屋 (きたないへや) means "a dirty room," with 汚い immediately preceding 部屋.
•Combining with です**: To sound more polite, you can add です after 汚い, as in 汚いです (きたないです), which means "It is dirty." This is especially useful in formal situations or when speaking to someone you don't know well.
•い-adjective: Conjugates by changing the い ending