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Nyororin 03-27-2009 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by MMM (Post 688928)
Though in colloquial Japanese you will hear young Japanese play with these い and な adjectives. きれい is a な adjective, but I hear people say きれかった meaning "It was pretty" instead of きれいだった.

But your opposite example is never cool.
I have NEVER heard anyone say "きれかった", not even once. Maybe it`s a specific dialect?

blimp 03-27-2009 07:29 AM
yes, u will hear that a lot more in kansai. or perhaps exclusively in kansai.someone else with have to confirm the last thing.
i'm not sure it has really anything to do with dialect. and i can't on top of my head think of any other adjective that would work be used the same way.


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