Nota penuh: 4.1 Adjectives (Describing Words)
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Apa itu Adjective?
- Adjective = perkataan yang huraikan atau ceritakan pasal noun 🎨
- Jawab soalan: *What kind? Which one? How many? What colour?* ❓
- Saiz
- big, small, tall, tiny
- Warna
- red, blue, green, yellow
- Rasa/Perasaan
- happy, sad, sweet, angry
- Bilangan
- many, few, three, some
- Selalu duduk DEPAN noun: *"a red car", "a happy boy"* 🚗
- Atau selepas verb "to be": *"The car is red."* ✅
Tip Power! Nak cari adjective? Tanya "benda tu macam mana?" — big, red, soft, noisy. Semua jawapan itu adjective!
Susunan & Possessive Adjectives
- Adjective boleh banyak sekali: *"a big red ball"* ⚽
- Susunan biasa: pendapat → saiz → warna → noun (a nice big blue box) 📦
Adjective (huraikan)
- big, red, happy
- a big dog
Possessive adjective (milik)
- my, your, his, her
- my dog
- *"She has long black hair."* — dua adjective, saiz + warna 💇
- Adjective TAK berubah walaupun noun plural: *"two big cats"* (bukan "bigs") 🐈
- Eh, tahu tak? Dalam English, adjective TAK ada bentuk jamak. Kita cakap "three red apples", bukan "three reds apples". Cuma noun je yang jadi plural!
Cara ingat: Adjective duduk depan noun macam 'topping' depan aiskrim: pilih rasa (nice), saiz (big), warna (blue), baru noun (box)!
Comparatives & Superlatives
- Nak banding DUA benda → comparative (tambah -er + than) ⚖️
- Nak cari PALING → superlative (the + adjective + -est) 🏆
Comparative (2 benda)
- tall → taller than
- Ali is taller than Sam.
Superlative (paling)
- tall → the tallest
- Ali is the tallest.
- Adjective panjang guna more / most: *beautiful → more beautiful → the most beautiful* 🌸
- good
- better → the best (irregular!)
- bad
- worse → the worst (irregular!)
- big
- bigger → the biggest (gandakan g)
- happy
- happier → the happiest (y jadi i)
- Silap klasik: *"more taller"* ❌ → pilih SATU je: *"taller"* ✅
Tip Power! Comparative mesti ada "than": "taller THAN". Superlative mesti ada "the": "THE tallest". Jangan lupa geng dia!