kata sifat (adjectives) adalah kata yang digunakan untuk memberi sifat pada benda, atau kata yang memberi kekuatan dan untuk membatasi dalam pemakaian kata benda (noun). kata sifat juga digunakan untuk memperjelas atau mempersempit kata benda dan kata ganti.
penulisan adjectives biasanya :
- di depan noun
- sesudah to be (am, is, are, was dll)
- sesudah obyek
8 macam adjectives diantaranya :
1. Adjective of Quality
2. Adjective of Quantity
3. Adjective of Numeral
4. Demonstrative Adjective
5. Proper Adjective
6. Interrogative Adjective
7. Possessive Adjective
8. Distributive Adjective
contoh adjective dalam kalimat :
- he is a small boy (dia seorang anak laki-laki kecil)
- I bought a little sugar (saya membeli sedikit gula)
penjelasan dan contoh-contoh lengkap adjective bisa ditelusuri pada masing-masing kelompok diatas.
The following List of Adjectives are in common use in the English language:
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| A - D List of Adjectives afraid agreeable amused ancient angry annoyed anxious arrogant ashamed average awful bad beautiful better big bitter black blue boiling brave breezy brief bright broad broken bumpy calm charming cheerful chilly clumsy cold colossal combative comfortable confused cooing cool cooperative courageous crazy creepy cruel cuddly curly curved damp dangerous deafening deep A - D List of Adjectives | D - G List of Adjectivesdefeated defiant delicious delightful depressed determined dirty disgusted disturbed dizzy dry dull dusty eager early elated embarrassed empty encouraging energetic enthusiastic envious evil excited exuberant faint fair faithful fantastic fast fat few fierce filthy fine flaky flat fluffy foolish frail frantic fresh friendly frightened funny fuzzy gentle giant gigantic goodD - G List of Adjectives | G - M List of Adjectivesgorgeous greasy great green grieving grubby grumpy handsome happy hard harsh healthy heavy helpful helpless high hilarious hissing hollow homeless horrible hot huge hungry hurt hushed husky icy ill immense itchy jealous jittery jolly juicy kind large late lazy light little lively lonely long loose loud lovely low lucky magnificentG - M List of Adjectives | M - R List of Adjectivesmammoth many massive melodic melted mighty miniature moaning modern mute mysterious narrow nasty naughty nervous new nice nosy numerous nutty obedient obnoxious odd old orange ordinary outrageous panicky perfect petite plastic pleasant precious pretty prickly proud puny purple purring quaint quick quickest quiet rainy rapid rare raspy ratty red relievedM - R List of Adjectives | R - S List of Adjectivesrepulsive resonant ripe roasted robust rotten rough round sad salty scary scattered scrawny screeching selfish shaggy shaky shallow sharp shivering short shrill silent silky silly skinny slimy slippery slow small smiling smooth soft solid sore sour spicy splendid spotty square squealing stale steady steep sticky stingy straight strange striped strongR - S List of Adjectives | S - Z List of Adjectivessuccessful sweet swift tall tame tan tart tasteless tasty tender tender tense terrible testy thirsty thoughtful thoughtless thundering tight tiny tired tough tricky troubled ugliest ugly uneven upset uptight vast victorious vivacious voiceless wasteful watery weak weary wet whispering wicked wide wide-eyed witty wonderful wooden worried yellow young yummy zanyS - Z List of Adjectives |
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Definition & Meaning of an Adjective
Adjectives are descriptive words. An adjective is a word which qualifies a noun, that is, shows or points out some distinguishing mark or feature of the noun.
Examples:
A black dog - An angry man - A round theatre
List of Descriptive Adjectives
Descriptive adjectives can be divided into different categories such as colors, sizes, sound, taste, touch, shapes, qualities, time, personality and ages. The following lists provide a few examples of descriptive adjectives in each of their categories:
*Colors are adjectives
Colors - examples: black, blue, white, green, red
*Sizes
Sizes - examples: big, small, large, thin, thick
*Shapes
Shapes- examples: triangular, round, square, circular
*Qualities
Qualities- examples: good, bad, mediocre
*Personality Traits
Personality - examples: happy, sad, angry, depressed
*Time related
Time - examples: Yearly , monthly, annually
*Age related
Ages - examples: new, young, old, brand-new, second-hand
*Sound related
Sound related - examples: loud, noisy, quiet, silent
*Touch related
Touch related - examples: slippery, sticky
*Taste related
Taste related - examples: juicy, sweet
Examples Help! Types of Adjectives
An adjective is a word which qualifies a noun, that is, shows or points out some distinguishing mark or feature of the noun; as, A black dog. Adjectives have three forms called degrees of comparison:
*the positive
*the comparative
*the superlative
Positive Adjectives
The positive adjective is the simple form of the adjective without expressing increase or diminution of the original quality: nice. Adjectives expressive of properties or circumstances which cannot be increased have only the positive form; a circular road; the chief end; an extreme measure.
Comparative Adjectives
The comparative adjective is that form of the adjective which expresses increase or diminution of the quality: nicer. Examples are older than or more expensive than or bigger than or faster than or taller than etc. Adjectives are compared in two ways, either by adding er to the positive to form the comparative and est to the positive to form the superlative. The following adjectives are exceptions to this rule ( irregular ):
*bad becomes worse or worst
*good becomes better or best.
Comparative adjectives are also formed by prefixing more to the positive for the comparative and most to the positive for the superlative; handsome, handsomer, handsomest or handsome, more handsome, most handsome
Superlative Adjectives
The superlative adjective is that form which expresses the greatest increase or diminution of the quality: nicest. An adjective is in the superlative form when it expresses a comparison between one and a number of individuals taken separately; "John is the richest man in Boston.".
An adjective is also in the positive form when it does not express comparison; as, "A rich man." Adjectives of two or more syllables are generally compared by prefixing more and most. Example: Paris is the most romantic city in the world.
Predicate Adjective
A Predicate Adjective is an adjective that functions as a predicate, such as "John is handsome", handsome being the Predicate Adjective.
Overview
*An adjective is in the superlative form when it expresses a comparison between one and a number of individuals taken separately; "John is the richest man in Boston."
*Adjectives expressive of properties or circumstances which cannot be increased have only the positive form; a circular road; the chief end; an extreme measure.
*Adjectives are compared in two ways, either by adding er to the positive to form the comparative and est to the positive to form the superlative, or by prefixing more to the positive for the comparative and most to the positive for the superlative; handsome, handsomer, handsomest or handsome, more handsome, most handsome
*Adjectives of two or more syllables are generally compared by prefixing more and most
*Many adjectives are irregular in comparison; bad, worse, worst or good, better, best.
Examples Help - Understanding the Different Adjectives!
Understanding the different types of Adjectives is a basic requirement of the English language.
We hope the above information will be of some assistance.
*English Grammar
*Types of Adjectives - Predicate, Positive, Comparative and Superlative
*Definition, List and Examples
*Adjectives and English Grammar
*What are Adjectives? List, Examples, Meaning and Definition
*Descriptive Adjectives
*Descriptive - colors, sizes, sound, taste, touch, shapes, qualities, time, personality and ages
*Types of Adjectives - Predicate, Positive, Comparative and Superlative
*English Grammar
*Definition, List and Examples of Adjectives
*Examples Help!
