い-Adjective + Noun - Grammar Discussion

Grammar Points
#1

Describing a noun

Structure
［い］Adjective + Noun

Examples:
かわいい + 猫
新しい + 車
寒い + 冬

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#2

“面白い - The い is outside the kanji, so it is definitely an い-Adjective.

綺麗 - The い is inside of the kanji, so it is definitely not an い-Adjective.
There are some, but very few exceptions.

嫌い - The い is outside of the kanji, but this is actually a な-Adjective.”

So…. There are some, but very exceptions of what exactly?

Where the い is inside the kanji and it is an い-adjective? That doesn’t seem to make sense, but that is what it seems to say.

Where the い is outside the kanji, but it is actually a な-adjective? That would make sense, but if so I would suggest rewriting the section as:

“面白い - The い is outside the kanji, so it is definitely an い-Adjective.

綺麗 - The い is inside of the kanji, so it is definitely not an い-Adjective.

嫌い - The い is outside of the kanji, but this is actually a な-Adjective.

There are some, but very few exceptions, of an なーadjective where い is outside the kanji.”

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#3

I think it’s pretty clear what it’s saying.

If the “i” is outside the kanji than it’s probably an i-adjective. i-adjectives will always have the “i” outside the kanji. There are some exceptions where the “i” is outside the kanji and is a na-adjective though, so be careful. That said, less than 1% of na-adjectives are like that. So you can just assume if an adjective has “i” outside the kanji it’s an i-adjective, and just memorize the few that break that rule and are actually na-adjectives, such as “kirai”

If it’s inside the kanji it’s definitely not an i-adjective