拙い
つたない · tsutanai
Poor-quality, shoddy, crude
- unskillful, inexpert, maladroit, inept, foolish, clumsy
- unlucky
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falls after mora 3 · what is pitch accent?
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Conjugation
| Negative (ない形) | 拙くないつたなくない |
| Past (た形) | 拙かったつたなかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 拙くなかったつたなくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 拙くてつたなくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 拙くつたなく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 拙いつたない |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 拙ければつたなければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 拙かったらつたなかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 拙くなるつたなくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 拙すぎるつたなすぎる |
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What does 拙い mean?
Poor-quality, shoddy, crude. It can also mean: unskillful, inexpert, maladroit, inept, foolish, clumsy; unlucky.
How do you pronounce 拙い?
つたない (tsutanai). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 3. Press Listen above to hear it.
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