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Not quite sure how to ask this clearly, but I’m looking for the な-adjective equivalent of this い-adjective usage (from the lesson http://www.textfugu.com/season-4/i-adj-conjugation/3-3/#top):
さむい日
Cold dayさむかった日
Day that was coldあつい日
Hot dayあつかった日
Day that was hotSo, I’m not looking for, for example:
くるま は あんぜん でした
The car was safeI’m also not looking for this:
あんぜんな くるま は 。。。でした
The safe car wasI’m looking for the correct way to say something like this:
あんぜんな （？）くるま は 。。。
The car that was safe…I hope my question makes some semblance of sense.
だった. =)
あんぜんだった くるま
Also, worry not – your question was perfectly clear.
Thanks Joel!
Follow-up question:
Does this mean that you only add な when the adjective is before the noun in polite speech? In other words, you drop the な in casual when the adjective precedes the noun?
Nah, you still need the な, but only when it’s positive and non-past – it disappears when you start conjugating. The な is used to connect な-adjectives to nouns, just as の is used to connect nouns to other nouns.
Thank-you!
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