Adjective

Definition:

Adjective is a kind of words used in a sentence to qualify a noun or a pronoun. (ev‡K¨ noun ev pronoun Gi †`vl, ¸Y, Ae¯’v, msL¨v BZ¨vw` cÖKvk Ki‡Z †h mKj kã e¨envi Kiv nq, Zv‡`i‡K Adjective e‡j|)

Adjective are mainly of two types. (Adjective cÖavbZt `ycÖKvi|):

A.    Attributive Adjective:(Adjective hLb noun Gi c~‡e© e‡m IB noun Gi †`vl-¸Y cÖKvk K‡i, ZLb Zv‡K Attributive Adjective e‡j|)

            Examples: The intelligent girl stood first in the examination.

B.     Predicative Adjective: (Adjective hLb verb ev wµqvi c‡i e‡m noun ev pronoun Gi †`vl-¸Y cÖKvk K‡i, ZLb Zv‡K Predicative Adjective e‡j|)

            Examples: The girl is very intelligent.

Note: Both Attributive and Predicative Adjective qualify a noun. But only adjective qualifies a pronoun. (Attributive Adjective Ges Predicative Adjective noun-†K qualify Ki‡Z cv‡i| wKš‘ †KejgvÎ Predicative Adjective pronoun-†K qualify K‡i|)

# However, there are eight kinds of Adjective in terms of nature. (cÖK…wZMZ wePv‡i Adjective AvU cÖKvi| h_v):

1.      Proper Adjective: (Proper noun †_‡K Proper Adjective nq|)

            Examples: Asian, Chinese, French, English, African, Panjabi etc.

2.      Adjective of Quality: (noun ev pronoun Gi †`vl, ¸Y, Ae¯’v cÖKvk K‡i|)

            Examples: good, bad, wise, noble, rich, poor, great, hot, cold, warm etc.

3.      Adjective of Quantity: (noun ev pronoun-Gi Quantity ev cwigvY eySvq|)

            Examples: much, huge, some, a little, all, any, half, full, whole, enough etc.

4.      Numeral Adjective: (noun ev pronoun-Gi msL¨v cwigvY eySvq| Giv Avevi wZb cÖKv‡ii nq| h_v):

            Examples: one, two, three, tour, first,             second, third, fourth, all, any, many, some,    several, each, every, a few etc.

a)      Cardinal Number: one, two, three etc.

b)      Ordinal Number: First, Second, Third etc.

c)      Nominal Number: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 etc.

5.      Demonstrative Adjective: (†Kv‡bv e¨w³ ev ¯‘‡K we‡klfv‡e wb‡`©k K‡i|)

            Examples: this, that, these, those, such etc.

6.      Distributive Adjective: (GKvwaK e¨w³ ev ¯‘i g‡a¨ cÖ‡Z¨K‡K c„_Kfv‡e wb‡`©k K‡i|)

            Examples: each, every, either, neither

7.      Interrogative Adjective: (cÖkœevPK kã (Wh words) noun-Gi c~‡e© Adjective-Gi g‡Zv e¨eüZ nq|)

            Examples: whose, which, what

8.      Possessive Adjective: (AwaKvi ev m¤^Üm~PK Adjective|)

            Examples: my, our, your, his, her, their