な形容詞な＋名詞
な形容詞な＋名詞 means ... noun (na-adjective modifying a noun). It is a JLPT N5 grammar point. When a na-adjective modifies a noun, add な after the adjective stem. At the end of a sentence you say しずかです, but before a noun you say しずかな町.
Japanese sources describe it as 「な形容詞が名詞を修飾する形」.
な形容詞な＋名詞 examples
ここはしずかな町です。
This is a quiet town.
きれいな花を見ます。
I look at a pretty flower.
な形容詞な＋名詞 exercises
Pick what belongs in the parentheses. The answer is marked below.
ここは（ ）町です。
- しずかな ✓
- しずか
- しずかに
- しずかで
This is a quiet town.
これは（ ）へやです。
- きれいな ✓
- きれい
- きれいに
- きれいで
This is a clean room.
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