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Day 45 • Parts of Speech

ADJECTIVES (विशेषण) — Describing Words 🎨

Master describing nouns & pronouns! Learn Types of Adjectives, Degrees of Comparison (Positive, Comparative, Superlative), Adjective vs. Adverb, and how to avoid double-comparison errors!

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What is an Adjective? (Adjective = Describing Word)

An adjective gives more information about a Noun or Pronoun (Quality, Size, Color, Shape, Age, Number, Condition, etc.).

Position 1: Adjective + Noun
• a smart boy
• a beautiful house
• an expensive phone

Position 2: After 'Be' / Linking Verb
• I am happy.
• She is beautiful.
• The food looks delicious.

1. Quality (गुण/दोष)

good, smart, honest, brave, beautiful

👉 "He is an honest man."

2. Quantity vs. Number

• Quantity (How much?): some, much, little water

• Number (How many?): three, several, first friend

3. Demonstrative

this (near/sing), that (far/sing)

these (near/plur), those (far/plur)

👉 "This book is new."

4. Possessive Adjectives

my, your, his, her, its, our, their

👉 "This is my car." (my + noun)

5. Proper & Distributive

• Proper: Indian food, Japanese cars

• Distributive: each, every, either, neither

6. Interrogative

what, which, whose + noun

👉 "Which book do you want?"

Adjective vs. Adverb (Crucial Difference!)

Adjective (Describes Noun)
• He is a slow driver.
• She is a beautiful singer.

Adverb (Describes Verb)
• He drives slowly.
• She sings beautifully.

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