固
かた · kata
i-adjective 語幹
固 is the stem of 固い.
How it’s built
固い
固
Stem (語幹). The part that does not change. Adjectives and some words appear as a bare stem in compounds or exclamations.
固い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 固い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 固い
| Negative (ない形) | 固くないかたくない |
| Past (た形) | 固かったかたかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 固くなかったかたくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 固くてかたくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 固くかたく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 固いかたい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 固ければかたければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 固かったらかたかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 固くなるかたくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 固すぎるかたすぎる |
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In real sentences
治療後は、しばらく固い物を避けてください。
ちりょうごは、しばらくかたいものをさけてください。
After treatment, avoid hard foods for a while.
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Other forms and spellings
固い固けれ固きゃ固けりゃ固かろ固かろう固かろふ固え固う固く固かっSave your words
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