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痛いた

いた · ita

JLPT N5 i-adjective 語幹

is the stem of 痛い — painful, sore.

  • cringy, embarrassing
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How it’s built

痛い 痛

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

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

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

Every form of

Negative 痛くないいたくない
Past 痛かったいたかった
Past negative 痛くなかったいたくなかった
Te-form 痛くていたくて
Adverb 痛くいたく
Before a noun 痛いいたい
Ba-conditional 痛ければいたければ
Tara-conditional 痛かったらいたかったら
Become ~ 痛くなるいたくなる
Too ~ 痛すぎるいたすぎる

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In real sentences

When I run in these shoes, my feet hurt.

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When you catch a cold, your throat hurts.

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It hurts a little when they give an injection.

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Other forms and spellings

痛けれ痛きゃ痛けりゃ痛かろ痛かろう痛かろふ痛い痛え痛っ痛て痛う痛かっ
stem of 痛い