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Common Adjectives in English
Common Adjectives in English
Common Adjectives in English
Adjectives are words that describe the qualities or states of being of nouns:
enormous, silly, yellow, fun. These are some examples of common adjectives:
Aburrido(a) Bored
Amigable Friendly
Caro(a) Expensive
Cerca Near
Delicioso Delicious
Divertido(a) Fun
Educado(a) Polite
Emocionado(a) Excited
Enojado(a) Angry
Fácil Easy
Feliz Happy
Feo(a) Ugly
Frio(a) Cold
Fuerte Strong
Generoso(a) Generous
Hermoso(a) Beautiful
Importante Important
Inteligente Intelligent
Joven Young
Largo(a) Long
Loco(a) Crazy
IMPORTANT NOTE:
We also use nationality adjectives to describe where people and things come
from.
Country Nationality
America American
Brazil Brazilian
Canada Canadian
China Chinese
France French
Germany German
India Indian
Ireland Irish
Italy Italian
Japan Japanese
Korea Korean
Peru Peruvian
Spain Spanish
Vietnam Vietnamese
The same situation happens with nationalities but there is something curious
here.
We are American and we are Americans …. Are both possible but they are
different.
We are American = We are talking about our nationality. Here you can also say
“We are from America”, and both ideas have similar meanings.
We are Americans = The word “Americans” here is a noun (a proper noun), not
an adjective. Imagine you say We are doctors, or we are friends. These are
nouns, not adjectives.