CLASSIFICATION-OF- ADJECTIVE-IN-BENGALI
LESSON 12
CLASSIFICATION OF ADJECTIVE
āϝ⧠word āĻāϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻā§āύ noun āĻŦāĻž pronoun āĻāϰ āĻĻā§āώ, āĻā§āĻŖ, āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž, āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāĻā§ Adjective āĻŦāϞā§āĨ¤
An adjective is a word used to qualify a noun or pronoun. –J.C. Nesfield
āĻāĻ Adjective āĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŽā§āϞāϤ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
(1) Attributive Adjective and (2) Predicative Adjective
1. Attributive Adjective- Adjective āϝāĻāύ noun āĻāϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻŦāϏ⧠āϤāĻāύ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāϞ⧠Attributive Adjective. āϝā§āĻŽāύ–
āĻĻā§āĻžāϞ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ-A kind hearted man.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϤ āĻāĻŦāĻŋ -A famous poet.
2. Predicative Adjective-āĻāĻ Adjective āϝāĻāύ verb āĻāϰ predicative āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ āϤāĻž noun āĻ pronoun āĻāϰ āĻĻā§āώ–āĻā§āĻŖ, āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰā§, āϤāĻāύ āϤāĻžāĻā§ Predicative Adjective āĻŦāϞā§āĨ¤ āϝā§āĻŽāύ–
āĻā§āϞā§āĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤ-The boy is gentle.
āĻŽā§ā§ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŽāϤāĻŋ-The girl is intelligent.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϤāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻ Adjective āĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύâ āύā§āĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āϞāĻā§āώā§āϝ āĻāϰāĨ¤
(1) Proper Adjective- Noun āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻŋāϤ adjective āĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻā§āĻ proper adjective āĻŦāϞā§āĨ¤ āϝā§āĻŽāύ,
āϏ⧠āĻāĻžāϰāϤā§āϝāĻŧāĨ¤ – He is an Indian.
(2) Adjective of Quality –āϝ⧠adjective noun āĻŦāĻž pronoun āĻāϰ āĻĻā§āώ āĻā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰā§, āϤāĻžāĻā§, Adjective of quality āĻŦāϞā§āĨ¤ bad, cold, great, good, hot, noble poor, rich, warms, wise, etc.
He is a good boy. –āϏ⧠āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻā§āϞā§āĨ¤
Mother Teresa is a noble lady. – āĻŽāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϰā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻŽāĻšā§āϝāĻŧāϏ⧠āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžāĨ¤
(3) Adjective of Quantity – āϝ⧠Adjective āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻāĻžā§ āϤāĻžāĻā§ Adjective of Quantity āĻŦāϞā§āĨ¤ – all, enough, any, full, half, huge, many, much, some whole, etc.
He drank some milk â āϏ⧠āĻĻā§āϧ āĻĒāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
He has little knowledge of geography – āϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻŽ āĻā§āĻāĻžāύ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
He has spent the small amount â āϏ⧠āĻ āϞā§āĻĒ āĻĒā§āϏāĻžā§ āĻā§āĻŦāύ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžā§āĨ¤
He showed much patience. –āϏ⧠āĻā§āĻŦ āϧā§āϰā§āϝ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
(4) Numeral Adjective – āϝ⧠Adjective āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž nounāĻŦāĻž pronoun āĻāϰ numeral āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§ āϤāĻžāĻā§ Numeral Adjective āĻŦāϞā§-One, two, three, fours, first second, third, forth etc. Five finger of a hand-āĻšāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĻā§āϞāĨ¤
(5) Demonstrative Adjective – āϝ⧠Adjective āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻā§āύ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āĻļ āĻāϰ⧠āϤāĻžāĻā§ Demonestrative Adject āĻŦāϞā§āĨ¤ â this, that, these, those, such etc.
This is a boy-āĻāĻ āĻšā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻāĨ¤ .
That is a girl-āĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻž.
This man is strong-āĻāĻ āϞā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞā§āĨ¤
This girls are weak- āĻ āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻŦāϞāĨ¤
(6) Distributive Adjective – āϝ⧠Adjective āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§āϰ āĻāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰ⧠āϤāĻžāĻā§ distributive adjective āĻŦāϞā§āĨ¤ – each, every, either, neither etc. Each girl got a pens-āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝā§āĻ āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻāϞāĻŽ āĻĒā§ā§ā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āĨ¤
You may take either side-āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ āύā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϏāϤā§āϝāĨ¤
Every boy and every girl was given a handsome prize-āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝā§āĻ āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻ āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝā§āĻ āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻž āϏā§āύā§āĻĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
7. Interrogative Adjective â āϝ⧠adjective noun āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāϏā§āĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§ adjectiveāĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§ āϤāĻžāĻā§Â  Interrogative Adjective āĻŦāϞā§āĨ¤Â  what, which where etc.
What kind of manners is this?-āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽāύ āĻāĻāϰāĻŖ?
Which side will you choose?- āĻā§āύ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻŦā§?
Whose pen is this?- āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϞāĻŽ ?
8. Possessive Adjective – āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āϝ⧠Adjective āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§ āϤāĻžāĻā§Â   ,Possessive Adjective āĻŦāϞā§āĨ¤ – my, our, your, his, her, their etc. āϝā§āĻŽāύ–
This is my book-āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻāĨ¤
My pen is lost- āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāϞāĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
This book is mine- āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰāĨ¤
āĻāĻŋāĻā§ Adjective āĻāϰ Noun āĻ āϰā§āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤāϰ
Noun | Adjective | Noun | Adjective |
ambition | ambitious | outrage | outrageous |
anger | Angry | peace | peaceful |
attraction | Attractive | play | playful |
boy | Boyish | pardon | pardonable |
beauty | Beautiful | people | popular |
benefit | Beneficial | office | official |
belief | believable | success | successful |
child | Childish | shame | shameless |
care | Careful | sense | senseless |
cease | Classless | king | kingly |
courage | courageous | leaf | leafy |
cost | Costly | sun | sunny |
crime | Criminal | laugh | laughable |
Devotion | Devotional | man | manly |
Dirt | Dirty | miser | miserly |
danger | dangerous | music | musical |
desire | Desirable | need | needful |
distribution | distributive | nerve | nervous |
destruction | destructive | silk | silken |
education | educational | storm | stormy |
ease | Easy | sun | sunny |
envy | Envious | quarrel | quarrelsome |
fool | Foolish | trouble | troublesome |
gold | Golden | telegraph | telegraphic |
Glory | Glorious | hope | hopeful |
use | Useful | health | healthy |
Voice | Vocal | hand | handsome |
āĻāĻŋāĻā§ Verb āĻāϰ Adjective āĻ āϰā§āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤāϰ
Noun | Adjective | Noun | Adjective |
Advise | Advisory | edit | editorial |
Add | additional | enjoy | enjoyable |
Act | Active | instruct | instructive |
Agree | Agreeable | include | inclusive |
Deceive | Deceptive | invent | inventive |
Detect | Detective | love | lovely |
Desire | Desirable | move | movable |
Prevent | preventive | rely | reliable |
Talk | Talkative | trust | trustful |
āĻāĻŋāĻā§ Adjective āĻĨā§āĻā§ Adjective āĻ āϰā§āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤāϰ
Adjective | Adjective | Adjective | Adjective |
black | Blackish | economic | economical |
large | Largely | tragic | tragical |
three | threefold | sick | sickly |
white | Whitish | whole | wholesome |


