〜っぽい (~ppoi) — -ish / tends to
"Childish", "forgetful" — how something looks, or the habit someone has.
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
Meaning
- 「〜っぽい」does two jobs.
- Attached to a noun it means "looks like, that sort of": 「子どもっぽい」= childish, 「水っぽい」= watery.
- Attached to a verb's ます-stem it means "has a habit of": 「忘れっぽい」= forgetful, 「怒りっぽい」= quick to anger.
How to attach
Once formed it behaves like an い-adjective: 「忘れっぽかった」, 「子どもっぽくない」.
Watch out
It usually carries a negative or critical flavour, so take care when using it about a person to their face.
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
私は忘れっぽいから、いつもメモする。
わたしはわすれっぽいから、いつもメモする。
I'm forgetful, so I always take notes.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 忘れます (to forget) → drop ます, leaving 忘れ → add っぽい → 忘れっぽい = in the habit of forgetting.
その服、少し子どもっぽくない？
そのふく、すこしこどもっぽくない？
Isn't that outfit a bit childish?
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 子ども is a noun → add っぽい → 子どもっぽい → make it negative like an い-adj: 子どもっぽくない.
父は怒りっぽくて、こわい。
ちちはおこりっぽくて、こわい。
My father is quick to anger, so he's scary.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 怒ります (to get angry) → drop ます, leaving 怒り → add っぽい → 怒りっぽい → to join the sentence, use the て-form: 怒りっぽくて.
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
「あの人は＿。」— which says "quick to anger"?
💡 Hint: It attaches to the ます-stem.
怒ります → drop ます → 怒り + っぽい.
Once formed, 「〜っぽい」behaves like what?
💡 Hint: You can say 「〜っぽかった」.
Like an い-adjective: っぽくない, っぽかった, っぽくて.
What flavour does 「〜っぽい」usually carry?
💡 Hint: Is 「子どもっぽい」a compliment?
It usually carries a negative or critical flavour.
Your score: /3