What is an example of a sentence with an adjective?
He is a funny little man. The green grasshopper is sitting on the flower. He banged his head against the glass door. (In this example the noun ‘glass’ works as an adjective here because it describes the noun ‘door’.)
What are some examples of adjectives?
Adjectives are words that describe nouns (or pronouns). “Old,” “green,” and “cheerful” are examples of adjectives. (It might be useful to think of adjectives as “describing words.”)
How do you form an adjective in Esperanto?
To form the adjective corresponding to a noun, simply change -o to -a. To form the adverb corresponding to an adjective, change -a to -e. Here are a few examples: Sometimes a noun is derived from an adjective. Such nouns usually correspond to English -ness, -ity, or -ance/-ence, and the corresponding suffix in Esperanto is -eco:
How is the definite article used in Esperanto?
The main difference between the use of the definite article in Esperanto and in English is that in Esperanto the article, with a singular noun, may be used to indicate an entire class. EXAMPLE la leono estas danĝera besto = lions are dangerous animals. 2. NOUNS have the ending -o. To form the plural, add the ending -j.
When to use La and OJ in Esperanto?
Since every noun ends in -o, every plural noun ends in -oj (pronounced “oy”, as in “boy”). A few examples: Articles are used in the same way as for the singular, i.e. no article for unspecified nouns and la for specified nouns (i.e. in the same way as for English plural nouns).
Which is the best example of comparative in Esperanto?
The comparative is made with the word pli[English more], the superlative with plej[English most]; for the comparative the conjunction ol[English than] is used. EXAMPLESLa bruna hundo persekutas la nigrajn katojn= The brown dog is chasing the black cats. La bruna hundo estas pli granda ol la nigraj katoj= The brown dog is larger than the black cats.