Japanese i-adjective
shiroi — white 白い
Explore the principal positive, negative, past, non-past and conditional forms of this Japanese adjective.
How i-adjectives conjugate
The final い changes to create negative, past and connecting forms. The adjective itself carries this grammatical information, so a separate verb is not required in the plain forms.
Conjugation table
The English glosses are approximate; the natural translation depends on the surrounding sentence.
| Form | Style | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present (non-past) | Plain | is white shiroi 白い | is not white shirokunai 白くない |
| Polite | shiroi desu 白いです | shirokunai desu 白くないです | |
| Past | Plain | was white shirokatta 白かった | was not white shirokunakatta 白くなかった |
| Polite | shirokatta desu 白かったです | shirokunakatta desu 白くなかったです | |
| Presumptive | Plain | will probably be white shiroi darō 白いだろう | shirokunai darō 白くないだろう |
| Polite | shiroi deshō 白いでしょう | shirokunai deshō 白くないでしょう | |
| Conditional | Standard | if it is white shirokereba 白ければ | if it is not white shirokunakereba 白くなければ |
| Connecting form | Standard | shirokute 白くて | shirokunakute 白くなくて |
These conjugations are generated automatically and are intended as a learning guide. Check the natural usage in context when accuracy is important.