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rot rote roter rotes
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I only know how to user 'rot' like adjective. The others depend on gender, but I still get confused how to use them. I have been searching in Google as well, still cannot answer my question. Can anyone please explain? Like, Die Jacke ist rot, Die rote Jacke? why? Thank you in advance!
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German adjective endings are not so easy.
Look up here: https://www.lsa.umich.edu/german/hmr/Grammatik/Adjektive/Adjektivendungen.html
https://www.duolingo.com/comment/21195697
http://www.nthuleen.com/teach/grammar/adjektivendungenexpl.html
for Die Jacke ist rot: when the adjective is after the noun, you don't have to use all those crazy declensions, the adjective stays in the original form.
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Maybe someone else can give you a more technical answer but the adjective endings don't change after 'sein' (to be) but where you have 'der' 'die' 'das' 'ein' ' eine' etc.the adjective has to agree with the noun