い形容詞く
い形容詞く means i-adjective adverbial form. It is a JLPT N5 grammar point. Changing the final い of an i-adjective to く lets it modify a verb or come before なる. It is used in phrases like 早く起きます and 明るくなります.
Japanese sources describe it as 「い形容詞の副詞的な形」.
い形容詞く examples
早く寝ます。
I go to bed early.
へやが明るくなりました。
The room became bright.
い形容詞く exercises
Pick what belongs in the parentheses. The answer is marked below.
早（ ）寝ます。
- かった
- い
- く ✓
- くて
I go to bed early.
へやが明る（ ）なりました。
- くて
- かった
- く ✓
- い
The room became bright.
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