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Grammar detail: adjective negative forms

adjective negative forms
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い adjectives

い adjectives, and forms such as the ~たい form which function as い adjectives, can be made negative by replacing the い with くない.
あか
赤
い (red)
あか
赤
くない (not red)
やりたい (wanting to do)やりたくない (not wanting to do)
でも、
いま
今
はわかくないです。
But, she isn't young now.
きょう
今日
はさむいから
そと
外
に
い
行
きたくないです。
I don't want to go outside today, because it's cold.
The negative form is then conjugated similarly to い adjectives.
て赤くなくて
past赤くなかった
In older Japanese, the form ~くないです (is not ~) may be replaced with the more literary sounding ~くありません.
いま
今
は
さんぽ
散歩
に
で
出
たくありません。
I don't feel like taking a walk now.
でも、そのことをほかの
にん
人
に
し
知
られたくありませんでした。
However, he didn't want that to be known by anyone else.
Source: The Nose (Ryutagawa)
This can sometimes be interposed with は - for example, やりたくはありません.

な adjectives

な adjectives are negated by using the appropriate negative form of です.
しずか (quiet)
しずかです (is quiet)
しずかではありません (is not quiet)
しずかなところ (a quiet place)
しずかではないところ (a place that is not quiet)
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Kanji used in this grammar

赤
セキ   シャク   あか    あかい red   あからむ to turn red   あからめる to blush   
今
コン   キン   いま now   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
外
ガイ   ゲ   そと outside   ほか other   はずす to remove, mislead   はずれる to come off, to miss   
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行
コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆく    いく to go   おこなう to take place   
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散
サン   ちらす to scatter, to distribute   ちらかす to scatter around   ちらかる to be in disorder   ちる to fall (leaves etc)   
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歩
ホ   フ   ブ   あるく    あゆむ to walk   
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出
シュツ   スイ   だす to take out, to put out   でる to go out, to exit   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
知
チ   しる to know   
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