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# Adjective
An adjective is a category of words.
An adjective often describes someone or something.
## More Information about this topic
*How else can an adjective be used?*
* An adjective can compare two or more things.
* An adjective can function as a noun.
* An adjective can function as an adverb.
If there is an article in the same form as an adjective and a noun in a sentence, then where the adjective is located can affect how it is translated. For example, if the words the, tall, and man are in the same form in a sentence. The is an article. Tall is an adjective. Man is a noun.
* If the order of the words is article, adjective, noun, then it is translated as the tall man.
* If the order of the words is article, noun, article, adjective, then it is translated as the tall man.
* If the order of the words is noun, article adjective, then it is translated as the tall man.
* If the order of the words is adjective, article, noun, then it is translated as the man is tall.
* If the order of the words is article, noun, adjective, then it is translated as the man is tall.
### What information is included in the form of an adjective?
* **Case**- Case is the form of a word that helps someone to know the function of the word in a sentence. Case helps the reader to know what the word is doing in a sentence.
* **Person**- Person is a category used to indicate whether a word refers to a speaker, the person being addressed, or someone else.
* **Gender**- Number is the form of a word that helps someone to know how many people or things.
The adjective will have the same case, gender, and number as the thing it describes.
See: Noun; Article; Adverb