盛ん
さかん
prosperous, active, thriving
na-adjective
Conjugation Table
Present
盛んだ
Negative
盛んじゃない
Past
盛んだった
Past Negative
盛んじゃなかった
Te Form
盛んで
Adverbial
盛んに
Conditional
盛んなら
Presumptive
盛んでしょう
Example Sentences
彼の町ではサッカーが盛んです。
Soccer is popular in his town.
Kare no machi de wa sakkaa ga sakan desu.
昨年、あのクラブは盛んじゃなかったです。
Last year, that club wasn't thriving.
Sakunen, ano kurabu wa sakan ja nakatta desu.
この地域で農業が盛んで、みんなが忙しいです。
Agriculture is active in this area, so everyone is busy.
Kono chiiki de nogyou ga sakan de, minna ga isogashii desu.
Grammar Notes & Usage Tips
•Na-Adjective Basics**: Remember, 盛ん (さかん) is a na-adjective, so when using it before a noun, you need to add "な" to connect them, like in 盛んな活動 (さかんなかつどう), meaning "active activities."
•Describing Nouns**: If you want to say something is thriving or prosperous, use 盛ん directly before the noun with "な" or after a noun with "です" for a complete sentence, such as この町は盛んです (このまちはさかんです) meaning "This town is thriving."
•Past Tense Forms**: To express that something was thriving in the past, use 盛んだった (さかんだった) or 盛んでした (さかんでした) in a sentence. For example, あの時代、貿易が盛んだった (あのじだい、ぼうえきがさかんだった) means "Trade was thriving in that era."
•Common Mistake with -i Adjectives**: Avoid the common mistake of treating 盛ん like an -i adjective; it doesn't conjugate like 寒い (さむい). Always remember it's a na-adjective, so no dropping the "な" when modifying nouns!
•な-adjective: Uses な before nouns, conjugates like a noun