And this is why you should go through a textbook first.
These are adjectives.
That’s not a romaji thing. These are simply different words.
Example:
Ao is the color blue, a noun.
Aoi means blue-colored, an adjective.
In English, this difference disappears, because for both you’d just say “blue”.
edit: Please note that **this pattern does not work for all colors**. See for example Genki Lesson 9 for more.
I’d recommend learning hiragana and katakana and ridding yourself of romaji as soon as possible. The words you’re listing are adjectives, which often end in い (i)
You should definitely consider getting a textbook or app that explains grammar. I recommend Tae Kim’s Guide to Japanese Grammar and Cure Dolly’s Youtube videos since both are free.
But to answer your question, you are seeing “i” added because those are a type of adjective. You will also find “na” adjectives.
in japanese, the adjectives are conjugated.
you can google い adjectives vs な adjectives
also I support the textbook suggestion, this is covered in the early chapters most likely
1. It’s ‘*romaji*’ not ‘~~roma~~**~~n~~**~~ji~~’ (lose the ‘n’). 2. True adjectives in Japanese end in an い (i) kana. Some nouns [e.g. 赤 (aka = “red”)] have adjectival equivalents [e.g. 赤**い** (akai = “**is** red”)]. 3. Here’s a [good grammar series](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg9uYxuZf8x_A-vcqqyOFZu06WlhnypWj) – pretty early on (lesson 1) it discusses true adjectives (i-adjectives).
but muh romanj
Uh… A little off-topic, but can you tell me how your study method?
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And this is why you should go through a textbook first.
These are adjectives.
That’s not a romaji thing. These are simply different words.
Example:
Ao is the color blue, a noun.
Aoi means blue-colored, an adjective.
In English, this difference disappears, because for both you’d just say “blue”.
edit: Please note that **this pattern does not work for all colors**. See for example Genki Lesson 9 for more.
I’d recommend learning hiragana and katakana and ridding yourself of romaji as soon as possible. The words you’re listing are adjectives, which often end in い (i)
You should definitely consider getting a textbook or app that explains grammar. I recommend Tae Kim’s Guide to Japanese Grammar and Cure Dolly’s Youtube videos since both are free.
But to answer your question, you are seeing “i” added because those are a type of adjective. You will also find “na” adjectives.
in japanese, the adjectives are conjugated.
you can google い adjectives vs な adjectives
also I support the textbook suggestion, this is covered in the early chapters most likely
1. It’s ‘*romaji*’ not ‘~~roma~~**~~n~~**~~ji~~’ (lose the ‘n’).
2. True adjectives in Japanese end in an い (i) kana. Some nouns [e.g. 赤 (aka = “red”)] have adjectival equivalents [e.g. 赤**い** (akai = “**is** red”)].
3. Here’s a [good grammar series](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg9uYxuZf8x_A-vcqqyOFZu06WlhnypWj) – pretty early on (lesson 1) it discusses true adjectives (i-adjectives).
but muh romanj
Uh… A little off-topic, but can you tell me how your study method?