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Adjective

An adjective is a category of words.

An adjective often describes someone or something.

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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