isumO  no^aru^j    "is®  of*  guilt' ;  "  ,,  "  guilty."

enryo^  suru^j    •' does' diffidence' ;"  ,,  "diffident."

iai^  shtla^j        "  did*  great' ; "  ,,  "important."

chottd'  shita^     ' '  did*  slightly';  "  , ,  "  slight. "

gaien^   no^      |  "  goes -not' of*  com-)  "  incomprehen-

ikan^  ^     prehension';"  >     *'         sible."

^  206.  The  above  are  the  attributive  orms.  Most  of  them
serve  also  to  express  the  predicative  relation  at  the  end  of
a  sentence.  Observe,  however,  that  no  must  then  be  re-
placed by  ga,  and  the  simple  past  tense  in  ia  by  the  com-
pound present  tense  in. . .  .ie  iru  (^  294),  thus  :

Ano  ojiisan  wa, '

That        €M,~gentleman      aa-for,

fuioiie        iru,

fat  is.
Ano      joe  hit        wa^         ki  \

That  maid  aa-for,  apirul  **  That  maid-servant  is
ga  kiiie  iru,  [quick-witted."

(rtom.)  beififf'efficadmta    is.  )

Of  course  the  simple  verb  may  in  all  cases  be  replaced  by
the  polite  inflection  in  masu.  It  is  almost  always  so  re-
placed in  predicative  constructions,  except  when  an  inferior
is  addressed.  Thus  the  above  examples  would  become,  in
ordinary  polite  parlance  :

Ano  ojiisan  wayfuioite  imasu  (or  orimasu).
Anojochu  wa,  ki  ga  kiiie  imasu  (or  orimasu).
"That  old   gentleman   is
fat. "


142  THE   ADJECTIVE.
iV.  B,   Quasi-adjcctives  of  Class  iv  ending  in  shttay  as  tai  sfi^ia,
choito  shtia^   are  never   used  predicatively.
