Use of 全部{ぜんぶ} in the following sentence


タクシーの全部{ぜんぶ}が白い{しろい}。

Would that be a natural way to say: all the taxis are white. ?




No, it would not be a natural way to say "all the taxis are white."

You're looking for:

1 タクシーはみんな白い。

2 タクシーは全部白い。

3 タクシーはすべて白い。

4 全部のタクシーが白い。

5 すべてのタクシーが白い。

As was mentioned above タクシーの全部 means "the entirety of the taxi(s)" which
requires a very narrow, specific context, although keep in mind that examples
2 and 3 (2 more than 3, though) can also mean "the taxi is entirely white."
Lacking grammatical number, Japanese requires extra information/context to
clarify part/whole distinctions which are very easy to make in languages like
English, which do have grammatical number.




No, it would not be a natural way to say "all the taxis are white."

You're looking for:

1 タクシーはみんな白い。

2 タクシーは全部白い。

3 タクシーはすべて白い。

4 全部のタクシーが白い。

5 すべてのタクシーが白い。

As was mentioned above タクシーの全部 means "the entirety of the taxi(s)" which
requires a very narrow, specific context, although keep in mind that examples
2 and 3 (2 more than 3, though) can also mean "the taxi is entirely white."
Lacking grammatical number, Japanese requires extra information/context to
clarify part/whole distinctions which are very easy to make in languages like
English, which do have grammatical number.

