Adjective:
An adjective is a part of speech (word) that modifies a noun or a pronoun by
qualifying, specifying or describing it.
Adjective বলতে এমন এক ধরণের শব্দমালাকে বোঝায় যারা কোন Noun বা Pronoun এর যোগ্যতা, স্বতন্ত্রতা, বা বর্ণনা সম্পর্কে ধারণা দিয়ে থাকে।
Generally an
adjective modifies a noun by answering one of these following questions:
Which? What kind? How many?
Example:
Foxes are cunning animal. (Answer the
question “What king of animal?”)
Five or six gunmen attack the area. (Answer
the question “How many gunmen?”)
The one eyed man tells him the story. (Answer
the question “Which man?”)
Adjective Classification:
Following are the
different types of adjectives
Qualitative
Adjective or Descriptive Adjective or Adjective of quality
Quantitative
Adjective or Adjective of quantity
Numeric Adjective
or Adjective of Number
Demonstrative Adjective
Distributive
Adjective
Possessive
Adjective
Interrogative
Adjective
i.
Qualitative Adjective or Adjective of quality:
Expresses the qualities
of something or someone.
Such as great, good, bad, wise, poor, nice, happy, pretty, angry,
blue, etc.
Example:
He gives me a great idea.
Mr. Rahim is a good person.
He is a bad guy.
ii. Quantitative Adjective or Adjective of
quantity:
Expresses or
indicates the quantity of a noun or pronoun.
Such as some, little, much, enough, whole, sufficient, all, none, more,
half, no, etc.
Example:
I have enough money to
but he car.
The whole countrymen
congratulated the president.
She wants all the
money.
iii. Numeric or Adjective of
number:
Express the
number or order of something or someone. Such as one, two, three, ………., first, second, third,
……………, single, double, triple, quadruple, twofold, threefold, fivefold, ………… etc.
Example:
He can eat ten eggs at
a time.
She is the first girl
in the class.
The house owner does not rent the room
to the single person.
Adjective of
number is to types Definite and Indefinite.
Definite Numeric
adjectives are of three kinds.
Such as
Cardinal (one, two, ….),
Ordinal (first, second, ……),
Multiplicative (Single, double, ……..)
iv. Demonstrative Adjective:
Specifies noun or
pronoun. Such as this, that,
those, these etc.
Example:
This boy is good.
That is her room.
These are the book to follow.
v. Distributive Adjective:
Express the
distributive state of nouns. Such as every, each, neither, either, both etc.
Example:
Every movie in the series is popular.
Both the boys are appreciated by them.
Each person will get the reward.
vi. Possessive Adjective:
Shows the
possession or belongingness in the sentence. Such as his, her, him, my, our, your, their, etc.
Example:
This is her cell phone.
I have seen their house.
Our house is tow stored house.
vii. Interrogative Adjective:
Interrogative
Adjective modifies nouns in interrogative sentence. Such as which, what, whose, etc.
Example:
What kind of man he is?
Whose phone is this?
Which program are you listening?
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