賢く
かしこく · kashikoku
JLPT N2 i-adjective 連用形
賢く is the masu-stem of 賢い — wise, clever, smart.
- well-behaved (esp. children and pets), obedient, good
How it’s built
賢い
賢く
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.
賢い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 賢い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 賢い
| Negative (ない形) | 賢くないかしこくない |
| Past (た形) | 賢かったかしこかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 賢くなかったかしこくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 賢くてかしこくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) ← this one | 賢くかしこく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 賢いかしこい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 賢ければかしこければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 賢かったらかしこかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 賢くなるかしこくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 賢すぎるかしこすぎる |
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Other forms and spellings
賢けれ賢きゃ賢けりゃ賢かろ賢かろう賢かろふ賢い賢え賢う賢かっSave your words
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