The-Adjective

4.The-Adjective

The Adjective

Adjective

1. Adjective of quality / Descriptive adjective  āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• / āĻĻā§‹āώ, āϗ⧁āύ, āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻ•

good, bad, wise, noble, rich, poor, great, hot, cold, honest, warm, obedient, simple etc.

2. Adjective of quantity / Quantitative adjective āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻ•

much, huge, some, little, a little, all, any, full, half, whole, enough etc.

3. Adjective of number / Numeral adjective āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ•

1. Definite:

2. Indefinite: e.g. many, some,few etc 

1. Cardinal (āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž) :one, two, three etc.

2. Ordinal (āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžā§Ÿ āĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ•):first, second, third etc

3. Multiplicative (āϗ⧁āύāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻ•):single, double, triple etc

4. Pronominal adjective āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāύ

Possessive pro. adj. : my, our, your, his etc.

Demonstrative pro. adj. : this, these, that, those

Interrogative pro. adj. : whose, what, which etc.

Distributive pro. adj. :every, each, either, neither

5. Proper adjective āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ Adj

Asian, Chinese, English, African, Indian etc

 

Identification of Adjective

  1. Depending on formation : āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻ°ā§āϤāĻžāϧ⧀āύ āύ⧟ |
  2. Depending on function :  āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻ°ā§āϤāĻžāϧ⧀āύ |

1. Formation: āχāĻšāĻž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāύāϤāσ āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻ¸ā§āϤ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ Suffix āϏāĻš āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϞ⧇ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŦ⧇ |

al

local, royal, national, brutal, fictional, costal, cultural, provincial, vital etc.

ic, ical

angelic, Diabetic, democratic, prolific, technical, geographical, economical, etc.

ish

feverish, bookish, whitish, hellish, devilish, snobbish, childish, boyish etc.

istic

characteristic, sarcastic, optimistic, pessimistic, Swedish, yellowish etc.

ive

active, conservative, instinctive, compulsive, infinitive, negative, instinctive etc.

able

laughable, agreeable, valuable, preferable, suitable, charitable, touchable etc.

ible

visible, possible, intelligible, audible, incorrigible, sensible, inaudible etc.

full > ful

beautiful, hopeful, forgetful, wonderful, grateful, fearful,  cheerful, handful etc.

less

useless, lawless, penniless, tireless, thoughtless, boundless, reckless, meaningless etc

ly

fortnightly, lively, formally, friendly, sickly, saintly, manly, heavenly etc.

y

healthy, hereditary, choosy, stormy, greedy, needy, dirty, airy, bony, wealthy etc.

 

2. Function or Placement:

1. āϕ⧋āύ Noun āĻāϰ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤ āϝāĻĨāĻžt The honest officer was rewarded. The economic condition is not good. (āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ Noun āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāχ āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ Attributive use of adjective āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§Ÿ | )

 

2. Linking verb – āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•āϏ⧂āϚāĻ• āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž / copulative verb- āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āϜāύāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž ( am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been) āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤ āϝāĻĨāĻžt The flowers were fresh. The food in the restaurant always tastes good. Your cold sounds terrible (āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ Verb āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ Subject āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāχ āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ Predicative use of adjective āĻŦāϞ⧇āĨ¤)

Note: āĻ…āϤāĻāĻŦ, āĻāĻ•āĻ•āĻĨāĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦāϞāĻž āϝāĻžā§Ÿ, adjective āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āχāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ |

 

Some critical use of Adjective

1. Unique, chief, golden, unanimous (āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤ,āĻāĻ•āĻŽāϤ), ideal, perfect āĻĒā§āϰāϭ⧃āϤāĻŋ adjective āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāύāϤāσ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ Positive degree āϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ; comparative āĻŦāĻž superlative degree āϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§ŸāύāĻžāĨ¤ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ:

1. Incorrect: This is the most unique case.

Correct: This is a unique case.

2. Incorrect: It was the most golden opportunity.

Correct: It was a golden opportunity.

3. Incorrect: Mr. Chowdhury is the most chief justice.

Correct: Mr. Chowdhury is the chief justice.

 

2. Adjective āĻāϰ Positive degree āĻāϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇ Very āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ Comparative degree āĻāϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇ much āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤ āϝāĻĨāĻžāσ I am very glad to meet you. The book is much easier

 

3. Present participle āĻāϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇ Very āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ past participle āĻāϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇ much āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤ āϝāĻĨāĻžāσ The match was very interesting. He became much annoyed.

 

4. āϕ⧋āύ Noun āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ Compound words / Hyphenated adjective (āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻŦāĻž āϤāϤ⧋āϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ) āϝāĻ–āύ Adjective āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϤāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ Plural āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϝāĻĨāĻžāσ

1. Incorrect: There is a sale at the shoes store.

Correct: There is a sale at the shoe store.

2. Incorrect:  I forgot their telephone’s number.

Correct:  I forgot their telephone number.

3. Incorrect: They have a four months old baby.

Correct: They have a four month old baby.

4. Incorrect:  A two doors car is cheaper than a four doors model.

Correct: A two door car is cheaper than a four door model.