いじわる （意地悪）i : ijiwaru
＊「おもちゃ貸してくれる？ 」Omocha kashite kureru? ( Can I play with your toys?)
Maggie :「 だめ！」 Dame! (No! )
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Today’s word is 意地悪 Ijiwaru . (意地 iji = in this case “cast of mind”, 悪 waru = bad)
It means “mean” “ill-natured” “wicked” “jxrk” “bitch” or “nasty”.
- マギー は意地悪だ。 Maggie wa ijiwaru da. Maggie is mean!
- マギー は意地悪です。 Maggie wa ijiwaru desu. Maggie is mean!
(Note: if you end the sentence with “desu”, it is more polite than ending the sentence with “da”)
You can also say 意地が悪い Iji ga warui.
- マギー は意地が悪い。 Maggie wa iji ga warui. Maggie is mean!
- マギー は意地が悪いです。 Maggie wa iji ga warui desu. Maggie is mean!
-意地悪しないで！ Ijiwaru shinai de.（more casual) Don’t be mean.
-意地悪しないで下さい。Ijiwaru shinai de kudasai. Please don’t be mean.
形容詞 Keiyoushi adjetive :
意地の悪い / 意地悪な＋名詞 : Iji no warui／ijiwaru na + Meishi (=noun)
- 彼女 は意地の悪い人です。 Kanojyo wa iji no warui hito desu. She is a mean person.
- 彼女 は意地悪な人です。 Kanojyo wa ijiwaruna hito desu. She is a mean person.
動詞 Doushi verb :
意地悪をする Ijiwaru wo suru. To do something mean to someone.
-意地悪をしないで！ Ijiwaru wo shinaide! ”Don’t do mean things.”
-意地悪なことを言う。 Ijiwaru na koto wo iu. To say something mean. =意地の悪いことを言う Iji no warui koto wo iu.
-意地の悪いことを言わないで！ Iji no warui koto wo iwanai de! ”Don’t say mean things.” ( Used by woman. Men would say 「意地の悪いこと言うなよ！」 Iji no warui koto iunayo. )
おもちゃ貸してくれる？ Omocha kashite kureru? Can I play with your toys?
-貸す Kasu to lend
-くれる Kureru to do something for a speaker for his/her favor.
貸してくれる Kashite kureru
貸してくれますか？ Kashite kuremasuka? (more polite) Can you lend me your toys? = Can I borrow your toys? = Can I play with your toys?
(Please check the former lesson, “(shi)tekite kureru”. I will make a new lesson with Ageru vs Kureru sometime.)
“だめ！” Dame = “No!” : You say that when you tell people (especially to kids) not to do something. You can also say 「いや（だ）！」 Iya ” or “「やだ」 Yada！” when you don’t want to do certain things although it sounds a bit childish.
From Maggie
「誰か私におもちゃを貸してくれる？」Dare ga watashi ni omocha wo kashite kureru? Now, who’s gonna let me use your toys?
6 Responses to “いじわる （意地悪）i : ijiwaru”
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@maggiesensei 
Aki on February 14th, 2011
ah so if I wanna say someone’s mean but still wanna sound “cute” about it and not sound like I m calling them a total “b*tch” then “ijiwaruchatta ><" ii deshou?
Maggie on February 14th, 2011
@Aki
Haha If someone is mean to you and you want to say something in a cute way, you say「意地悪！」 ”ijiwaru!”, 「意地悪ね！」 “Ijiwaru ne!” 「意地悪しないで！」”Ijiwaru shinaide!”
And if you were mean to someone and want to apologize for that in a cute way, you say
「意地悪してごめんね。」= Ijiwaru shite gomenne.
アリナ on December 30th, 2010
Thanks for this as well.
So basically only なadj can end with だ？
知らなかった。新しいことを習いました。^^,)
Maggie on December 31st, 2010
@アリナ
That’s right. na-ajective can end with だ
きれいな→きれいだ
しずかな→しずかだ
にぎやか→にぎやかだ
げんき→げんきだ
vitoreiji on August 10th, 2009
What about 「マギーは意地が悪いだ」、 is this possible?
Maggie on August 11th, 2009
Hi vitoreiji-san!
Sorry! But you can’t say 意地が悪いだ。But you can say 意地が悪いです。
意地悪です(ijiwaru desu)／意地悪だ。(ijiwaru da)->They are both OK!
１）きれいです。
２）きたないです。
３）うつくしいです。
４）かわいいです。
５）しずかです。
Can you tell which one can end with “da”?
Answer : 1) きれいだ kireida. 5) しずかだ shizukada. They are ナ(na)ーadjetive.
And the rest are イ（i)ーadjective
ijiga warui / Kitanai / Utsukushii / Kawaii : i adjective
ijiwaruna / kireina / shizukana : na adjective
Good question! I will make a test sometime!
有り難う！
From Maggie