Adjective (noun):

a part-of-speech that modifies or describes a noun or a pronoun.

An adjective is fundamentally considered as one of the nine parts of speech.

An adjective is essentially a word that tells us more about a noun. It can"describe" or "modify" a noun (The big Rhino was hungry). In this particular example, the adjective is in bold and the noun that it modifies is in italics for you to identify them.

An adjective can often be present BEFORE a noun:

• A green bike.
• A dark skinned man.
• An interesting fact.

It can also sometimes be present AFTER a verb:

• My bike is green.
• The solution became dark.
• His facts seemed interesting.

Another thing about adjectives is that it can also be used to modify pronouns (He is beautiful). Look at these examples:

• They were full.
• I thought it seemed weird.
• Those are not real.

There are instances often when we can use two or more adjectives together to be more descriptive. (A beautiful young Israeli lady / it is black and orange).

Speako Pro Tip

The adjective is considered the enemy of the noun

This is apparently said because when we use the precise noun we don't need an adjective. For example, instead of saying "a large, impressive building" (2 adjectives + 1 noun) we can simply say "a skyscraper" (1 noun).

Adjective Form

There are certain adjectives which have particular endings, for example:

• -able/-ible: doable, edible
• -ish/-like: burish, boylike
• -ful/-less: careful, careless
• -ous: melodious, dangerous
• -y: dirty, pretty

However there are quite a few adjectives that have no obvious form.

Comparative & Superlative Adjectives

Generally most adjectives can be considered as comparative or superlative, for example:

• big, bigger, biggest
• good, better, best
• beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful

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