Using colours to describe clothing
Let’s review our colours for a moment……
White – Shiro しろ
Brown – Chairo ちゃいろ
Red – Aka あか
Grey- Haiiro はいいろ
Silver – Gin ぎん
Gold – Kin きん
Colours
Blue – Ao あお
Yellow – Kiro きいろ
Green – Midori みどり
Black – Kuro くろ
Purple- Murasaki むらさき
Pink – Pinku ピンク
Orange – Orenji オレンジ
The ‘い’ and ‘の’ adjectives
Japanese and English are different languages and therefore, they have different rules.
When we use colours to describe things in Japanese, we have to follow this important rule.
When we describe objects with colours which end with the ro ( ろ)sound, you need to add I (い)to the end of the word.
For example, kiro (yellow) kiroi when describing something. To say yellow trousers, you would say: kiroi zubon.
When we describe objects with colours which end without the ro (ろ) sound, we use‘の’between the colour and the object. For example, to say green trousers, you would say: midori no zubon.
Let’ s try い
White – Shiroi しろい
Brown – Chairoi ちゃいろい
Red – Akai あかい
Grey- Haiiroi はいいろい
Blue – Aoi あおい
Yellow – Kiroi きいろい
Black – Kuroi くろい
Let’s try の
Green – Midori みどり の
Purple- Murasaki むらさき の
Pink – Pinku ピンク の
Orange – Orenji オレンジ の
Silver – Gin ぎん の
Gold – Kin きん の
Let’ s try い with clothing
Shiroi zubon しろい ずぼん white trousers
Chairoi boushi ちゃいろい ぼうし brown hat
Akai hanzubon あかい はんずぼん red shorts
Haiiroi mizugi はいいろいみずぎ grey bathers
Aoi kutsu shita あおいくつした blue socks
Kiroi Nagagutsu きいろいながぐつ yellow boots
Kuroi tebukuro くろいてぶくろ black gloves
Let’s try の
Midori no boushi みどり の ぼうし (green hat)
Murasaki no mizugi むらさき の みずぎ (purple bathers)
Pinku no sukato ピンク の スカート (pink skirt)
Orenji no hanzubon オレンジ の はんずぼん (orange shorts)
Gin no kutsu ぎん の くつ (silver shoes)
Kin no jinzu きん の ジーンズ (gold jeans)
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