Kamis, 29 April 2010

ADJECTIVE

Adjective (kata sifat) adalah kata-kata yang memberikan gambaran mengenai sesuatu. Adjective menambahkan makna pada kata benda dengan menggambarkan karakteristik, ciri-ciri, atau sifat dari benda tersebut.
Example:
1. We have a cute pet called Pushy (kita memiliki seekor peliharaan yang lucu bernama Pushy)
2. I don’t like cold water (saya tidak menyukai air yang dingin)
3. She usually wears a white shirt and blue jacket (dia selalu mengenakan kaos putih dan jaket biru).
4. You must be careful, the place is dangerous! (kamu harus hati-hati, tempat itu berbahaya!)
5. There were many dirty dishes in the kitchen (ada banyak piring kotor di dapur)

Kata-kata cute, cold, white, blu, careful, dangerous, dirty adalah adjectives.
Cold water (air dingin), pada contoh kedua di atas.
Memberikan informasi bahwa air yang tidak disukai pembicara adalah air yang dingin. Jadi cold (dingin) untuk menjelaskan kata benda water (air) dan adjective diletakkan sebelum kata benda.

Selain bisa diletakkan sebelum kata benda, adjective juga bisa ditempatkan setelah kata kerja tertentu (to be = is/am/are/was/were), look, appear, dsb)
Example:
1. The book is thick (buku itu tebal)
2. You look tired (kamu terlihat lelah)
Thick and tired adalah adjectives

Membentuk adjectives
Adjectives dapat dibentuk dari kata kerja dan kata benda dengan menambahkan akhiran –full, -less, -ish, -en, -ous, -some, -ive, -al, -able, dsb.
Example:
Kata sifat Poisonous (beracun) berasal dari kata benda poison (racun)
Kata sifat forgetful (pelupa) berasal dari kata kerja forget (melupakan)

Perhatikan perubahan kata-kata (words) di bawah ini menjadi kata sifat (adectives)

Word Adcjective
Accept Acceptable
Accident Accidental
Admire Admirable
Adventure Adventurous
Affection Affectionate
Anger Angry
Anxiety Anxious
Athlete Athletic
Attract Attractive
Beauty Beautiful
Bible Biblical
Boy Boyish
Care Careful
Caution Cautious
Centre Central
Change Changeable
Charity Charitable
Child Childish
Choir Choral
Choose Choosy
Circle Circular
Collect Collective
Comfort Comfortable
Compete Competitive
Continent Continental
Courage Courageous
Coward Cowardly
Craft Craftly
Crime Criminal
Critic Critical
Cruelty Cruel
Custom Customary
Danger Dangerous
Decide Decisive
Decorate Decorative
Describe Descriptive
Destroy Destructive
Disaster Disastrous
Distance Distant
Duty Dutiful
Energy Energetic
Enjoy Enjoyable
Faith Faithful
Fame Famous
Father Fatherly
Fault Faulty
Favour Favourable
Fire Fiery
Fool Foolish
Force Forceful
Forget Forgetful
Fortune Fortunate
Friend Friendly
Fury Furious
Giant Gigantic
Girl Girlish
Glory Glorious
Gold Golden
Grace Graceful
Habit Habitual
Harm Harmful
Hate Hateful
Heal Healthy
Heat Hot
Help Helpful
Hero Heroic
Hope Hopeful
Horror Horrible
Imagine Imaginary/imaginative
Industry Industrial/industrious
Joy Joyful
Law Lawful
Love Loveable
Luxury Luxurious
Man Manly
Marvel Marvellous
Mercy Merciful
Metal Metalic
Mischief Mischievous
Mountain Mountainous
Music Musical
Mystery Mysterious
Nation National
Nature Natural
Noise Noisy
North Northen
Notice Noticable
Obey Obedient
Occasion Occasional
Origin Original
Parent Parental
Patience Patient
Peace Peaceful
Person Personal
Picture Picturesque
Pity Pitiful
Please Pleasant
Poet Poetic
Poison Poisonous
Pride Proud
Prosper Prosperous
Quarrel Quarrelsome
Reason Reasonable
Science Scientific
Sence Sensible
Shade Shady
Silk Silky
Sister Sisterly
Skill Skillful
Smoke Smoky
Sorrow Sorrowful
South Southern
Spirit Spiritual
Storm Stormy
Study Studious
Success Successful
Sun Sunny
Talk Talkative
Terror Terrible
Thirst Thirsty
Thought Thoughtful
Tire Tiresome
Trouble Troublesome
Truth Truthful
Unite United
Value Valuable
Victory Victorious
Volcano Volcanic
War Warlike
Water Watery
Wave Wavy
West Western
Winter Wintry
Wit Witty
Wood Wooden
Wool Woolen
Year Yearly
Youth Young

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