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だか

daka

JLPT N5 i-adjective 語幹

is the stem of だかい — high, tall.

  • expensive, high-priced
  • high (level), above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
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How it’s built

だかい だか

Stem (). The part that does not change. Adjectives and some words appear as a bare stem in compounds or exclamations.

だかい is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.

Name that form

Three more forms of . Can you tell what each one is?

Every form of

Negative だかくない
Past だかかった
Past negative だかくなかった
Te-form だかくて
Adverb だかく
Before a noun だかい
Ba-conditional だかければ
Tara-conditional だかかったら
Become ~ だかくなる
Too ~ だかすぎる

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In real sentences

Since I caught a cold, I'll go home early today.

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I like you.

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In the top of the ninth, they held on until two outs, but it wasn't enough.

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Other forms and spellings

たかけれだかけれたかきゃたかけりゃだかきゃだかけりゃたかかろたかかろうたかかろふだかかろだかかろうだかかろふタかかろふダかかろふたかいたけえ
stem of だかい