-くて, -なくて forms of adjectives


I got confused by these forms. The book says that -くて(pos) and -なくて(neg) have
to be connected with stem of an adjective, e.g. 安い: 安 ＋ くて ＝ 安くて.

The positive form is pretty easy to understand and master, but the negative
one is a trouble for me. Basically, I got confused by an adjective 「汚い」. Its
positive form would be 「汚くて」. But would the negative be 「汚なくて」? The reasons I
got confused are that IME did not recognize the negative form, and those
multiple 「な」 sound a bit odd to me.

Even google barely helped me with any of the i-adjectives in -なくて form except
for 「おいしい」that was found accidentally
[here](http://lang-8.com/723613/journals/338597765945707555656677684121341724768).

So, I wonder if I can add -なくて to ANY of the i-adjectives and be good with it.

And the last question. Is it actually -なくて form, or is it -くなくて?




The negation, -くない, is itself an い-adjective. So you simply apply the rule to
it. Welcome to piling up suffixes!

て-form of 安い: 安くて.

Negation of 安い: 安くない. て-form thereof: 安くなくて.

Voilà.




The negation, -くない, is itself an い-adjective. So you simply apply the rule to
it. Welcome to piling up suffixes!

て-form of 安い: 安くて.

Negation of 安い: 安くない. て-form thereof: 安くなくて.

Voilà.

