Adjectives: meaning and usage

How to form it

• い-adjective+noun
• な-adjective (stem)+な+noun
• noun+は+い-adjective+です
• noun+は+な-adjective (stem)+です

How it is used

Japanese has two kinds of adjectives. い-adjectives go straight before a noun (「高い山」); な-adjectives add 「な」 (「静かな部屋」). Both can also end a sentence with 「です」: 「山は高いです」.

Examples

1. 彼は忙しい医者です。

   He is a busy doctor.

2. 新しいかばんを買いました。

   I bought a new bag.

3. ここはきれいな公園ですね。

   This is a lovely park, isn't it?

About the example In the adjective-before-noun construction 「忙しい医者」, 「忙しい」 directly describes the doctor.