You may have noticed the な is in brackets. This is because it’s mainly used when modifying nouns, and dropped in other situations:

ひまな時間 = Free time

今日、ひまな時間がありません。Today, I don’t have free time.

Modified noun = Adjective RIGHT INFRONT Of noun. The な is used when you’re modifying the noun.

• When you are saying ‘this city is lively’, because you’re not directly modifying the noun, (adjective right in front of the noun) you do not need the な。

• In When the adjective is not right in front of the noun, you don’t need the Na.

• としはにぎやかです。= The City is Lively

  Vs

• にぎやかなとしです。It’s a lively city.

The message is the same, the translation is slightly different!

メモ:

Did you know that い けいようし are of 日本 origins, whereas な けいようし originate from 中国。This is explains their different conjugation methods!

私はこのレストランがすきです。

• (が) すき - is to like. This is considered an な adjective in Japanese. The sentence structure is pretty simple!

• Subject は object- がすきです。

• 私はラーメンがすきです。

• It can be used with other particles such as the は particle, but we will go into this in the future, as it changes the sentence meaning!

To Dislike…

To dislike is きらい. It is also a な adjective.

• Subject は Object が きらい です。

• 私はこのにぎやかなレストランがきらいです。This lively restaurant, I dont like.