Structure
Non-Past Form: いい
Non-Past Negative Form: よくない
Past Form: よかった
Past Negative Form: よくなかった
Details
Part of Speech
Adjective
Word Type
Independent Word
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About いい
いい is an adjective that means 'good' in Japanese. It can be a little bit difficult to use at first, as it conjugates differently to other い-Adjectives.
In these sentences, we can see that the first い in いい changes to よ, depending on the form. This is unique to いい, and does not happen with other adjectives.
いい can sometimes be seen as 良い, in these cases, the kanji is likely to be read as よい, and not いい. There is technically no difference between these two meanings, but よい does sound more formal/old-fashioned.
Caution
When used as an adverb, よく should not be confused as a conjugation of いい. よく has several possible kanji that it may stem from, and means frequently/often/well.
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いいです。
(It is) good.
これはいいです。
This is good.
これはいい本です。
This is a good book.
これもいい本です。
This is also a good book.
これはいい音だ。
This is a good sound.
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