conjugation

[triadne]

can we have a little info about this? I often see that green line and I am unclear how to read that and therefore how to conjugate correctly.

[birtles]

Sure, I'm glad to provide extra info. Just to check, are you referring to these kind of annotations?

[triadne]

Thanks for helping, I understand the part in red, but it's the brown dotted line that I don't understand. in this example, I think SU is being separated, so i would say this HANASERU... but the green line also separates HA. I haven't found any place where these markings are explained.

[SaltfishAmi]

These dotted lines indicate pitch accent, i.e. which syllables are read high and which are read low.

[triadne]

OH!!! wow, I see... so it's not about conjugation at all! hmm.. I guess I have to find another way to learn conjugation better. OK well that clears it up, thank you!

[triadne]

would it be okay if I ask this then... in this case, it highlights the kanji and the hiragana, but what it displays is different, it shows ATSUI, but how do I say this then, ATSUIKU or ATSUKU? I'm not sure what the dictionary is saying to me.

[birtles]

Oh, interesting. Our dictionary data doesn't split the stem from the inflected part but I think some dictionaries do, e.g. あつ.い.

I think we probably could add some text next to the (< adv) annotation applying the most common reading to the source text, e.g. 暑(あつ)く with the あつ as ruby.

[triadne]

That sounds really helpful!! Thanks for reading my thoughts and whatever you decide to do :)