"Milk is white and chocolate is brown."

Translation: Lakto estas blanka kaj ĉokolado estas bruna.

[bnikfar]

Does "Lakto blankas" here mean "Lakto estas blanka"? Does someone care to elaborate on the grammar?

[JohnMiller36]

It does. As far as I know everytime you have an the verb "to be" with an adjective you can transform the adjective into a verb of its own.

"estas XXXXa" is the same thing as "XXXXas"

[Vabelie]

It definitely is not the same

https://blogs.transparent.com/esperanto/adjectives-love-em-leave-em/

sfuspvwf npj

[imtonie]

"milk is white" can also be lakto blankas since "milk IS WHITE" is at present tense and verbs in esperanto that are in present tense end in -as

(that's what i know, not sure tho)

[Cantaloupe2]

i keep accidentally saying ĉhokolado!