- 1. [adj-na] academic; scholarly; scientific
Conjugation — Adjective (―na)
This word itself does not change -- these are forms of the copula だ ("to be") attached to it.
| Attributive (before a noun) | がくじゅつてきな | (gakujutsutekina) |
| Non-past, plain | がくじゅつてきだ | (gakujutsutekida) |
| Non-past, polite | がくじゅつてきです | (gakujutsutekidesu) |
| Past, plain | がくじゅつてきだった | (gakujutsutekidatta) |
| Past, polite | がくじゅつてきでした | (gakujutsutekideshita) |
| Negative, plain | がくじゅつてきじゃない | (gakujutsutekijanai) |
| Negative, polite | がくじゅつてきじゃないです | (gakujutsutekijanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | がくじゅつてきじゃなかった | (gakujutsutekijanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | がくじゅつてきじゃなかったです | (gakujutsutekijanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | がくじゅつてきで | (gakujutsutekide) |
| Conditional (―nara) | がくじゅつてきなら | (gakujutsutekinara) |