少う
すくのう · sukunou
JLPT N5 i-adjective 連用形
少う is the masu-stem of 少い — few, little, small (amount), low, scarce, insufficient, seldom, rare.
How it’s built
少い
少う
Masu-stem (連用形). 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).
少い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 少い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 少い
| Negative (ない形) | 少くないすくなくない |
| Past (た形) | 少かったすくなかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 少くなかったすくなくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 少くてすくなくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 少くすくなく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 少いすくない |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 少ければすくなければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 少かったらすくなかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 少くなるすくなくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 少すぎるすくなすぎる |
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Other forms and spellings
少けれ少きゃ少けりゃ少かろ少かろう少かろふ少い少え少かっSave your words
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