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Japanese verb白い (shiroi) Conjugation
白い (shiroi) means “white”. It is a い-adjective verb. It is an い-adjective: the final い changes, so 白くない, 白かった, 白くて. Below is its conjugation in all 14 forms, plain and polite, the same forms the Japanese verb conjugation worksheets print in their answer keys.
- Meaning
- white
- Type
- い-adjective
- Dictionary form
- 白い
- Reading
- しろい
- Romaji
- shiroi
- Negative
- 白くない
- Past
- 白かった
- Te-form
- 白くて
- Adverb
- 白く
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 白い |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 白くない |
| Polite | 白いです |
| Polite negative | 白くないです |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 白かった |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 白くなかった |
| Polite | 白かったです |
| Polite negative | 白くなかったです |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 白くて |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 白くなくて |
Can and if
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 白ければ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 白くなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 白かったら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 白くなかったら |
Adjectives
Adverb (adjectives)連用形
| Adverb | 白く |
|---|
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 面白い (omoshiroi)interesting, funny
- つまらない (tsumaranai)boring
- おいしい (oishii)delicious
- まずい (mazui)bad-tasting
- 忙しい (isogashii)busy
- かわいい (kawaii)cute
- 黒い (kuroi)black
- 赤い (akai)red
- 青い (aoi)blue
- 明るい (akarui)bright, cheerful
- 暗い (kurai)dark
- 若い (wakai)young
About these tables
The forms are built from Wiktionary's conjugation tables, and they are the ones the Japanese verb conjugation worksheet generator prints, so a chart or answer key made there matches this page. That page explains how the forms were checked.
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