Today, I will show you how to use positive and negative adjectives.

Q : Is it long? – Nagai desu ka? 　「ながいですか？」
Positive A : Yes, it’s long – Hai, nagai desu　「はい、ながいです」
Negative A : No, it isn’t long – Iie, nagaku arimasen　「いいえ、ながくありません」
Meaning : Nagai (Long)

See the difference between positive and negative answer? Yes, Japanese uses different pronunciation for positive and negative adjectives. For adjectives, it is no longer use “dewa arimasen” that I have covered earlier.

It is not difficult to convert from positive to negative adjectives. Whenever the adjectives ending with “i” (exp: nagai), remove the “i” and change to “ku” (exp: nagaku). See, it’s simple.

Other Adjectives
Short – Mijikai　（みじかい）
New – Atarashii　（あたらしい）
Old – Furui　（ふるい）
Big – Ookii　（おおきい）
Small – Chiisai　（ちいさい）
Fat – Futoi　（ふとい）
Thin – Hosoi　（ほそい）
Expensive – Takai　（たかい）
Cheap – Yasui　（やすい）
Heavy – Omoi　（おもい）
Light – Karui　（かるい）
Fast – Hayai　（はやい）
Slow – Osoi　（おそい）

Some adjectives are having the same pronunciation but different meaning. To diffirentiate them, normally it is base on the sentences you use.
Example:
Takai can be used for Expensive or Tall / High.

If you like to, post the negative adjectives in comments as to pratice the conversion. I will let you know if there is any mistakes. There are just too many adjectives where I can’t put eveything here. Throughout the whole course, I will teach you new words. Stay Tune !!!