Vocabulary : 3

III. Adjective: (คำขยายนาม คำคุณศัพท์) a word that describes a noun. Adjectives provide further information about an object’s size, shape, age, color, origin or material. (คำคุณศัพท์ให้ข้อมูลเพิ่มเติมเกี่ยวกับขนาดรูปร่างอายุสีต้นกำเนิดหรือวัสดุของวัตถุ).  For example:

• It’s a big (size)
• It’s a round (shape)
• It’s an old (age)
• It’s a brown (color)
• It’s an English (origin)
• It’s a wooden (material)
• It’s a lovely (opinion)
• It’s a broken (observation)
• It’s a coffee (purpose)

 Generally, English adjectives end with these suffixes:

• -able/-ible: adorable, invisible, responsible, uncomfortable
• -al: educational, gradual, illegal, nocturnal, viral
• -an: American, Mexican, urban
• -ar: cellular, popular, spectacular, vulgar
• -ent: intelligent, potent, silent, violent
• -ful:harmful, powerful, tasteful, thoughtful
• -ic/-ical: athletic, energetic, magical, scientific
• -ine:bovine, canine, equine, feminine, masculine
• -ile: agile, docile, fertile, virile
• -ive: informative, native, talkative
• -less: careless, endless, homeless, timeless
• -ous: cautious, dangerous, enormous, malodorous
• -some: awesome, handsome, lonesome, wholesome