Meanings
- 1old; aged; ancientい-adjective
- 2long; since long ago; time-honoredい-adjective
- 3of the distant past; long-agoい-adjective
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Conjugation
| Form | Conjugated | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Polite Present (~desu) | 古いですふるいです | ふるいです |
| Polite Past (~katta desu) | 古かったですふるかったです | ふるかったです |
| Polite Negative (~kunai desu) | 古くないですふるくないです | ふるくないです |
| Plain Negative (~kunai) | 古くないふるくない | ふるくない |
| Te-form (Connecting) | 古くてふるくて | ふるくて |
| Adverbial (~ku) | 古くふるく | ふるく |
In a sentence
This house is old, but I like it
How it works
は (topic) raises the house as the topic — "as for this house…". Then two clauses are joined by けど (but): the i-adjective 古い (old) and 好き (like), with the contrast doing the work of "…but I still…". Nothing is made polite — no です (is) at the end — so it sounds like a relaxed personal aside.