i and na adjectives

[akira17]

I'm confused. When do I use "na" and when do I not use "na"?

[Bueller_007]

I'm confused. When do I use "na" and when do I not use "na"?

There are usually said to be two classes of adjectives:
"~i" adjectives (形容詞)
and
"~na adjectives (形容動詞)

There are actually other kinds of adjectives too, but we won't get into those here.

Usually--and I emphasize that this is a generalization--"~i" adjectives are KUN-YOMI words. They use the Japanese pronunciation of the kanji. This means that they are often single-kanji words, with one or two hiragana at the end. For example, 暑い (hot), 暖かい, (warm), 涼しい (cool), 寒い (cold).

"~na" is generally used for ON-YOMI words (using imported Chinese pronunciation) and foreign words. For example, 難解な (difficult to understand), 複雑な (complicated), 無理な (impossible), イージーな (easy).

There are exceptions, and some words, like 大きい／大きな can use both, but that's basically as good an explanation as you'll get. In the beginner stage, you won't have a clue about kanji and kun-yomis and on-yomis, so basically, you have to remember them all individually.

[akira17]

I'm confused. When do I use "na" and when do I not use "na"?

There are usually said to be two classes of adjectives:
"~i" adjectives (形容詞)
and
"~na adjectives (形容動詞)

There are actually other kinds of adjectives too, but we won't get into those here.

Usually--and I emphasize that this is a generalization--"~i" adjectives are KUN-YOMI words. They use the Japanese pronunciation of the kanji. This means that they are often single-kanji words, with one or two hiragana at the end. For example, 暑い (hot), 暖かい, (warm), 涼しい (cool), 寒い (cold).

"~na" is generally used for ON-YOMI words (using imported Chinese pronunciation) and foreign words. For example, 難解な (difficult to understand), 複雑な (complicated), 無理な (impossible), イージーな (easy).

There are exceptions, and some words, like 大きい／大きな can use both, but that's basically as good an explanation as you'll get. In the beginner stage, you won't have a clue about kanji and kun-yomis and on-yomis, so basically, you have to remember them all individually.

Well explained. Thank you