JLPT N5 vocabulary
寒い: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
さむい2Nakadaka · falls inside
i-adjective
Meaning
- cold (e.g. weather)
- uninteresting (especially a joke), lame, dull, weak, corny

Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 寒い | 寒 |
| Plain past過去形 | 寒 | 寒 |
| Polite presentです形 | 寒い | 寒 |
| Polite pastでした形 | 寒 | 寒 |
| Te-formて形 | 寒 | 寒 |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 寒い | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 寒 | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 寒 | 寒 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 寒 | 寒 |
Example sentences
その部屋はなんて寒かったことか。
How cold it was in the room!