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adjectives ... what is the difference between 近い and ちかく in Japanese


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i notices while using google translator that it translated close like this"近く” and not ”近い” also ”はやい” and ”はやく” is it some sort of conjugation ? .

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  • 3 weeks later...

It is indeed a conjugation. It conjugates the adjective stem into an adverb. For i-adjectives you remove the last い, and place く;as for the な-adjectives you use the に particle right after the adjective.

 

一般的 means : "general"  ; while 一般的に means "generally"

優しい means ; "gentle     : while 優しく means "gently"

 

I hope this helps.

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