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Originally Posted by chryuop
As far as I know the only way to tell them apart with no doubt is looking at the kanji. In a な adjective, even if it finishes with a い when written with かな that い is part of the kanji's reading.
In a い adjective instead the final い is not part of the kanji itself. A little bit like it works for the verbs. That's why I said to the OP that in the beginning it will be hard to recognize them since he is still using ローマ字.
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So... would it be fair to say that all ~い adjectives DEFINITELY end in い?
So basically... we need to know the kanji of an adjective to truly determine whether or not it's a な or い adjective.
The way I first explained the difference (I believe) is a good starting point for beginner Japanese learners that are learning adjectives. Because there are some な adjectives that end in い, and if there's an "E" sound behind the い, then it's a な adjective. It's a good way to easily distinguish SOME adjectives for people newer to the language. ^^
But... yeah. Good discussion. I learnt from it.