Adjectives - pridjevi

Pridjeve koristimo za opisivanje imenica. Veina pridjeva dolazi ispred imenica ( they have a
nice house) ili poslije glagola be, look ili feel (their house is beautiful; that film looks
interesting).

Komparacija (comparison) pridjeva - za pridjeve s jednim ili dva sloga, komparativ

(comparative) se tvori dodavanjem nastavka er na pridjev (nice - nicer) a superlativ
(superlative) dodavanjem nastavka est i rijei the ispred pridjeva (the nicest).

Postoje i nepravilni pridjevi kao to su: bad, far, good i old.

bad - worse - (the) worst good - better - (the) best

far - farther/further - (the) farthest/furthest old - older/elder - (the) oldest/eldest

U sluaju kada pridjevi imaju dva sloga i zavravaju na y, taj y prelazi u i ( happy - happier -
happiest).

Pridjevi s tri ili vie slogova tvore komparativ s more ili less, a superlativ s most ili least (the
second lesson was more interesting than the first one; London is the most popular tourist
destination in England).

Pridjeve moemo dodatno pojaavati rijeima much, lot, far itd.

Za usporedbu moemo koristiti fraze as as ( Mary is as tall as Jane), zatim more than (he is
more interesting than his friend) ili less than (that item costs less than the other item)

U sluaju kada imamo vie pridjeva u jednoj reenici, redoslijed je ovakav:

1. generalna miljenja (good, bad, lovely, nice, nasty itd.)

2. specifina miljenja (za hranu - delicious, tasty; za namjetaj - comfortable; za ljude i

ivotinje - intelligent, smart itd.)

3. veliina (size)

4. oblik (shape)

5. starost (age)

6. boja (colour)
7. nacionalnost (nationality)

8. materijal (material)

Question tags - pitanja - kratki su dodaci reenicama kada traimo neku potvrdu ili
miljenje.

Poslije negativnih izjava koristimo pozitivna pitanja (you did not see him, did you? That is
not him, is it?)

Poslije potvrdnih izjava koristimo negativna pitanja ( Peter helped you, didn't he? Marry
was here, wasnt she?

Subjekt question taga uvijek je zamjenica.

Izjave koje sadre rijei poput neither, no, none, nobody, nothing, barely, hardly ever, seldom
tretiraju se kao negativne izjave. (No salt is allowed, is it?)

Kada je subjekt reenice anyone, anybody, nobody, koristimo zamjenicu they kao subjekt
question taga ( I do not suppose anyone will come, will they?)