diff --git a/02_morphology_files/adjective.md b/02_morphology_files/adjective.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..749a4953 --- /dev/null +++ b/02_morphology_files/adjective.md @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +# 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