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Originally Posted by Nagoyankee
白 = the color white (noun)
白い = white-colored (adjective)
You need to learn both forms, which shouldn't be that difficult.
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Smith: What color is your house?
Jones: 白です。(Natve speakers don't say 「白いです」 here.)
Smith: What's your favorite color?
Jones: 白です。(Same thing as above.)
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白い花 = a white(-colored) flower.
黒い家 = a black(-colored) house.
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There's no such thing as a silent い in Japanese.  You can keep both books for now. Pretty soon, at least one of them will be teaching you crap, I'm sure. You know who to talk to then.  |
Does this apply to other adjectives other than colours?