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上手うま

うま · uma

i-adjective 語幹

is the stem of 上手い — skillful, skilled, proficient, good (at), adept, clever.

  • flattery
  • upper part
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How it’s built

上手い 上手

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

上手い 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 上手くないうまくない
Past 上手かったうまかった
Past negative 上手くなかったうまくなかった
Te-form 上手くてうまくて
Adverb 上手くうまく
Before a noun 上手いうまい
Ba-conditional 上手ければうまければ
Tara-conditional 上手かったらうまかったら
Become ~ 上手くなるうまくなる
Too ~ 上手すぎるうますぎる

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In real sentences

She is good at guitar.

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I am good at driving.

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My mother is good at cooking.

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Other forms and spellings

上手けれ上手きゃ上手けりゃ上手かろ上手かろう上手かろふ上手い上手え上手う上手く上手かっ
stem of 上手い