Descriptive and Limiting Adjective

Adjective

By Azkiya Maulanisa

Adjective Definition

Adjectives are words that function to explain, describe, or limit, pronouns or nouns that are still general. The use of adjectives can be exemplified by the following phrases.

Car : general

Black car : specific​

Fancy black car : more specific

The fancy black sports car : very specific​

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​Types and Examples of Adjectives

• Descriptive Nouns

Pola : Cha, Qu -Si - A - T - Pa - Co

1. Character and Quality : kind, friendly, humble, arrogant, careful, lazy ...

2. Size : small, big, short, long, low, high, tall, huge, thin, near ...

3. Age and Temperature : young, old, ancient, modern, warm, hot ...

4. ​Participles (V-ing and V3) : boring, bored, tiring, tired, confusing, confused

5. Shape : cube, oval, square, triangle, circle ...

6. Color : black, white, blue, green, yellowish, reddish ...​​

   Example : A handsome tall young smiling white man.

• Limiting Adjectives

1. ​Possessive Adjective : my - my pleasure, their - their cars

2. Posses​sive Proper Adjective :

   The Girl - The Girl's - The girl's book is on the table

3. ​Demonstrative Adjective : S​ingular, uncountable - Think house is mine

4. Article Adjective : A baseball is round.

5. ​Exclamatory Adjective : What a nice day!

6. ​Interrogative Adjective : Which book are you reading?

7. Numeral Adjective : One - one year | Two - two people

8. ​Adjective of Indenfinite Quantity : many + plural = many mistakes​

The Function of Adjective

1. ​Subjective complement

   Her idea is brilliant

2. Object complement

   Let's make it possible.​

3. Modifier of noun phrase

   ​Full-scare economic war

4. Head of adjective phrase

   ​Completely new

5. Comparison degrees​

   This version is better than the previous one.