Japanese expressions of colors (2) four adjectives (2)

I must tell you about conjugating of adjectives here before I explain colors.

As you know, all original forms of Japanese adjectives end with the letter "い". This is a conjugational suffix, and the others are trunks which represent main meanings of words. We have five conjugating forms in modern Japanese adjectives concerning with the following words -- 未然形（みぜんけい：mizen ke-）, 連用形（れんようけい：ren'yo- ke-）, 終止形（しゅうしけい：shu-shi ke-）, 連体形（れんたいけい：rentai ke-） and 仮定形（かていけい：kate- ke-）.

	suffix	next word	example
未然形 （mizen ke-）	かろ（karo）	"う（u）" etc., some auxiliary verbs	赤かろう
連用形 （ren'yo- ke-）	かっ（katt）  く（ku）	"た（ta）" etc., some auxiliary verbs  or verbs, adjectives, adjective-verbs, particles	赤かった  赤く
終止形 （shu-shi ke-）	い（i）	no word, the original form	赤い
連体形 （rentai ke-）	い（i）	nouns or pronouns	赤いリンゴ
仮定形 （kate- ke-）	けれ（kere）	"ば（ba）", a particle of the subjunctive mood	赤ければ

未然 means that nothing happens nor begins yet. Therefore, the most of following auxiliary verbs often means matters of future. For example, "う" means making a guess. You can say "赤かろう（it might/may/should red）".

連用 resembles English adverbs. It means that they conjoin verbs, adjectives, adjective-verbs and some auxiliary verbs which require the forward word 連用形. You can say "赤かった（it was red）", "赤くない（it is not red）", "赤く美しい本（a red beautiful book）"　"赤く燃える（it burns red）".

終止 means to end. They have no following words because it is the original form. You can consult your dictionary with this form. You can simply say "赤い（it is red）"

連体 means to conjoin nouns or pronouns. You can say "赤い本（a red book）"

仮定 means the subjunctive mood. We often use it with "ば", a particle of the subjunctive. You can say "赤ければ（if it is/were red）"

I believe you can find that suffixes of 終止形 and 連体形 are perfectly the same! You are right. You can say like this;

この本は赤い（This book is red）。

この赤い本（This red book）。

They are actually the same concerning to their figures. However, their functions are different at all. If you say "この赤い本", I would like you to remember that you are not using 終止形, the original form, but only 連体形, the conjoining form to nouns or pronouns.

Thank you for reading!

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