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The Adjective
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1. Adjective of quality / Descriptive adjective বর্ণনামূলক / দোষ, গুন, অবস্থা প্রকাশক |
good, bad, wise, noble, rich, poor, great, hot, cold, honest, warm, obedient, simple etc. |
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2. Adjective of quantity / Quantitative adjective পরিমান প্রকাশক |
much, huge, some, little, a little, all, any, full, half, whole, enough etc. |
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3. Adjective of number / Numeral adjective সংখ্যাবাচক |
1. Definite: 2. Indefinite: e.g. many, some,few etc |
1. Cardinal (নির্দিষ্ট সংখ্যা) :one, two, three etc. |
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2. Ordinal (ক্রম বা পর্যায় মূলক):first, second, third etc |
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3. Multiplicative (গুনাত্বক):single, double, triple etc |
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4. Pronominal adjective সর্বনামাত্বক বিশেষন |
Possessive pro. adj. : my, our, your, his etc. |
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Demonstrative pro. adj. : this, these, that, those |
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Interrogative pro. adj. : whose, what, which etc. |
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Distributive pro. adj. :every, each, either, neither |
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5. Proper adjective নির্দিষ্ট নাম থেকে তৈরিকৃত Adj |
Asian, Chinese, English, African, Indian etc |
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Identification of Adjective
1. Formation: ইহা সাধারনতঃ মুখস্ত রাখতে হয়। তবে মনে রাখার সুবিধার জন্য নিচের Suffix সহ উদাহরন মনে রাখলে আত্ববিশ্বাস বাড়বে |
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al |
local, royal, national, brutal, fictional, costal, cultural, provincial, vital etc. |
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ic, ical |
angelic, Diabetic, democratic, prolific, technical, geographical, economical, etc. |
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ish |
feverish, bookish, whitish, hellish, devilish, snobbish, childish, boyish etc. |
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istic |
characteristic, sarcastic, optimistic, pessimistic, Swedish, yellowish etc. |
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ive |
active, conservative, instinctive, compulsive, infinitive, negative, instinctive etc. |
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able |
laughable, agreeable, valuable, preferable, suitable, charitable, touchable etc. |
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ible |
visible, possible, intelligible, audible, incorrigible, sensible, inaudible etc. |
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full > ful |
beautiful, hopeful, forgetful, wonderful, grateful, fearful, cheerful, handful etc. |
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less |
useless, lawless, penniless, tireless, thoughtless, boundless, reckless, meaningless etc |
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ly |
fortnightly, lively, formally, friendly, sickly, saintly, manly, heavenly etc. |
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y |
healthy, hereditary, choosy, stormy, greedy, needy, dirty, airy, bony, wealthy etc. |
2. Function or Placement:
1. কোন Noun এর ঠিক পূর্বে বসে। যথাt The honest officer was rewarded. The economic condition is not good. (এখানে পরবর্তী Noun কে বিশেষিত করেছে। এই ধরনের ব্যবহারকে Attributive use of adjective বলা হয় | )
2. Linking verb – সম্পর্কসূচক ক্রিয়া / copulative verb- সংযোজনকারী ক্রিয়া ( am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been) এর পরে বসে। যথাt The flowers were fresh. The food in the restaurant always tastes good. Your cold sounds terrible (এখানে Verb এর পরে বসে বাক্যের Subject কে বিশেষিত করেছে। এই ধরনের ব্যবহারকে Predicative use of adjective বলে।)
Note: অতএব, এককথায় বলা যায়, adjective বাক্যের মধ্যে দুইভাবে ব্যবহৃত হয় |
Some critical use of Adjective
1. Unique, chief, golden, unanimous (সর্বসম্মত,একমত), ideal, perfect প্রভৃতি adjective সাধারনতঃ শুধু Positive degree তে ব্যবহৃত হয়; comparative বা superlative degree তে ব্যবহৃত হয়না। যেমন t
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 এর Positive degree এর পূর্বে Very এবং Comparative degree এর পূর্বে much বসে। যথাঃ I am very glad to meet you. The book is much easier
3. Present participle এর পূর্বে Very এবং past participle এর পূর্বে much বসে। যথাঃ The match was very interesting. He became much annoyed.
4. কোন Noun এবং Compound words / Hyphenated adjective (দুই বা ততোধিক শব্দ) যখন Adjective এর মত কাজ করে, তখন তাদের Plural হতে পারে না। যথাঃ
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.