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Can you link a -い and a -な adjective? If so, how?

The examples are with two な- adjectives or with two い-adjectives. Are there any cases with one of each?

... Stupid question, but, how do I know if it's a Na or I adjective?

Knowing how the words are written with kanji is what gives away whether it is an い or な adjective.
Does it end in anything other than い ? Then it's な e.g. 好き/すき
No kana after the kanji ? Then it's な e.g. 綺麗/きれい
Is the adjective just the stem of a verb ending in う ? Then it's な e.g. 嫌い/きらい (see 嫌う)
Otherwise it's い e.g. 甘い/あまい

If in doubt you can always check the dictionary here, which will tell you what kind of adjective it is.

If you don't have a dictionary, and you don't know how the words are written in kanji, then your best bet is to guess that adjectives that end in い are い adjectives and the rest are な adjectives.

I found this chart helpful , it is from learn japanese with yuko

...That's not actually accurate though, 'cause of words like 嫌い.

The post above is more accurate, though there might still be exceptions.

Negative adjectives conjugate like い-adjectives - you drop the い in くない/じゃない and add くて

So くない in て-form would be くなくて and じゃない would change into じゃなくて.

For example "a not famous and calm town" would be 「有名じゃなくて静かな町」

Think of the て(で) form as glue: it only comes when you are gluing two similar things (adjective + adjective) together. It is not necessary when putting an adjective next to a noun.