Nihoner

僅すくのう

すくのう · sukunou

JLPT N5 i-adjective 連用形

is the masu-stem of 僅い — few, little, small (amount), low, scarce, insufficient, seldom, rare.

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How it’s built

僅い 僅う

Masu-stem (). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.

This spelling is the version with う (sound change, mostly in polite or older speech).

僅い 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 僅くないすくなくない
Past 僅かったすくなかった
Past negative 僅くなかったすくなくなかった
Te-form 僅くてすくなくて
Adverb 僅くすくなく
Before a noun 僅いすくない
Ba-conditional 僅ければすくなければ
Tara-conditional 僅かったらすくなかったら
Become ~ 僅くなるすくなくなる
Too ~ 僅すぎるすくなすぎる

Drill every form in the Conjugation Dojo →

Other forms and spellings

僅けれ僅きゃ僅けりゃ僅かろ僅かろう僅かろふ僅い僅え僅僅く僅かっ
masu-stem of 僅い