Te forms of adjectives Japanese

To list two or more adjectives in the same sentence, you convert all adjectives in the
sentence except the last one to the te form. (Remember that the particle と to can list
only nouns; it cannot list verbs and adjectives.)

To form a te form of an i adjective, add くて kute to its stem (e.g., 高い takai 高く
て takakute). To form a te form of a na adjective, add で de to its stem (きれいな
kirei na きれいで kirei de). The te form of the adjective いい ii is よくて
yokute. The last adjective in a sentence can be in the usual form.

For example:
マイクさんは 頭がよくて、 やさしくて、 かっこいいです。
Maiku-san wa atama ga yokute, yasashikute, kakko ii desu.
Mike is smart, kind, and cool.
トーマスさんは意地悪で、 ひどい人です。
Tōmasu-san wa ijiwaru de, hidoi hito desu.
Thomas is a mean and terrible person.

To form a negative te form of an i adjective, add くなくて ku nakute to its stem (e.g.,
高い takai 高くなくて takaku nakute). To form a negative te form of a na
adjective, add じゃなくて ja nakute to its stem (e.g., きれいな kirei na きれい
じゃなくて kirei ja nakute).

For example:
あまり高くなくて、おいしいです。
Amari takaku nakute, oishii desu.
It’s not so expensive, and is delicious.
あまりきれいじゃなくて、よくありません。
Amari kirei ja nakute, yoku arimasen.
It’s not so pretty and not good.

If the listed adjectives express contrasting properties, they should be listed in different
clauses related by the conjunction particle が ga, as in the following example:

交通が便利じゃなくて、家賃が高いですが、とてもきれいなアパートです。
Kōtsū ga benri ja nakute, yachin ga takai desu ga, totemo kirei na apāto desu.
The commute is not convenient, and the rent is expensive, but it’s a very beautiful apartment.

The te forms of adjectives, both affirmative and negative, are summarized in the following
table:
You can mix adjectives and verbs in the same sentence by using the te form. Depending
on the context, they may express a cause-and-effect relationship.

For example:
仕事が大変でやめました。
Shigoto ga taihen de yamemashita.
Because the job was hard, I quit it.
おいしくなくて食べられませんでした。
Oishiku nakute taberaremasendeshita.
Because it was not delicious, I could not eat it.
頭が痛くて薬をのみました。
Atama ga itakute, kusuri o nomimashita.
I had a headache, and I took medicine.