じゃありません / ありません/ いません ---- how to differentiate?
じゃありません / ありません/ いません ---- how to differentiate?
for example, just saw from another Japanese learning website:
このトラックは白くありません
このトラックは黄色じゃありません
how come one with じゃand one without?
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These two are different in grammar.
このトラックは白くありません---白く is an adjective. More specifically, i-adjective.
このトラックは黄色じゃありません---黄色is a noun.
You can also say 「黄色くありません」（黄色く is an adjective here).
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