いい

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. この映画はいいですよ。▶ —
   This movie is good, you know.
2. 気分がよくないです。▶ —
   I'm not feeling well.

Collocations

Mnemonic

いい — いい(良い), Yamato. An irregular i-adjective. The most common Japanese adjective, and also the most twisted in its conjugation — plain form: いい ii ── everyday speech. written form: 良い yoi ── formal, written register. All inflected forms come from the よ stem ── negative: よくない. past: よかった. adverbial: よく. te-form: よくて. ii cannot inflect itself; it borrows yoi's stem for every conjugation — the first scenery of Japanese irregular morphology. A soft daily word for 'good / OK'. The single line いいですか? ("Is it OK?") is the doorway into Japanese conversation.

Quick check

1. "It was not good" — polite Japanese?

   • よくなかったです yoku nakatta desu (correct, irregular stem よ)
   • いいなかったです (regular stem, wrong)
   • いくなかった (wrong)
   • よかなかった (wrong)