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  2. 大きい

おおきい

大きい

N5

big

ookii

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JLPT
N5
Frequency
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Meanings

  1. 1
    big; large; greatい-adjective
  2. 2
    loudい-adjective
  3. 3
    extensive; spaciousい-adjective

JMdict 1588880

Conjugation

FormConjugatedReading
Polite Present (~desu)
大きいですおおきいです
おおきいです
Polite Past (~katta desu)
大きかったですおおきかったです
おおきかったです
Polite Negative (~kunai desu)
大きくないですおおきくないです
おおきくないです
Plain Negative (~kunai)
大きくないおおきくない
おおきくない
Te-form (Connecting)
大きくておおきくて
おおきくて
Adverbial (~ku)
大きくおおきく
おおきく

In a sentence

大(おお)きいbig犬(いぬ)dogがいるthere isよ

There's a big dog!

How it works

The adjective 大きい(おおきい) (big) sits right before the noun it describes (犬(いぬ) (dog)) — just like English. が (subject) marks the subject, and いる (there is, for living things) is used because a dog is alive (ある (there is, for things) would be wrong here). The final よ (I'm telling you) adds a little nudge, like letting someone know something they may not have noticed.

Written with

  • 大large3 strokes

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