Pengertian Adjective

Adjectives (Kata Sifat) adalah kata yang digunakan untuk menambahkan arti pada kata benda atau kata yang menerangkan kata benda (nouns). Berikut adalah beberapa contoh kata sifat (adjectives) dalam Bahasa Inggris.

Contoh Kalimat Menggunakan Adjectives (Kata Sifat)

This horse is aggressive, you have to be careful.

I am busy right now, please call me later.

I will buy brown bag for my sister.

He is a brave man in this village.

This coffee is bitter than before.

The window is broken, so I am going to repair it tomorrow.

This red car is cheap, but the black one is expensive and it looks elegant.

She is very cute and beautiful.

This box contains fresh fish.

This thing is rare and valuable, it’s really hard to find it.

Contoh Adjectives (Kata Sifat)

Able	Chubby	Distinct	Happy	Open	Tiny
Adorable	Cheap	Dizzy	Hard	Orange	Tired
Adventurous	Cheerful	Drab	Healthy	Pale	Tough
Acidic	Clean	Dry	Heavy	Perfect	Tremendous
Aggressive	Clear	Dull	Helpful	Pleasant	Ugly
Agreeable	Closed	Eager	Helpless	Polite	Unequal
Ajar	Cloudy	Early	High	Poor	Unhealthy
Alert	Clumsy	Easy	Ignorant	Quick	Unique
Alive	Cluttered	Elated	Impolite	Quiet	Unknown
Amazing	Cold	Elegant	Important	Rapid	Unnatural
Amused	Colorful	Embarrassed	Incredible	Rare	Unruly
Ancient	Comfortable	Empty	Intelligent	Real	Untidy
Ashamed	Concerned	Enchanted	Interesting	Red	Unused
Attractive	Cool	Energetic	Jealous	Rich	Unusual
Average	Cooperative	Envious	Juicy	Sad	Unwieldy
Awesome	Coordinated	Equal	Kind	Safe	Upset
Awful	Courageous	Even	Lame	Scary	Used
Bad	Crazy	Evil	Last	Second	Useful
Beautiful	Creepy	Excellent	Late	Serious	Useless
Beneficial	Crooked	Excited	Lazy	Shiny	Valuable
Better	Crowded	Fair	Light	Short	Victorious
Big	Cuddly	Fast	Little	Shrill	Violet
Bite-sized	Cumbersome	Fat	Long	Shy	Warm
Bitter	Curly	Fluffy	Loose	Sick	Watery
Black	Curvy	Foolish	Loud	Silent	Wealthy
Blushing	Cute	Frail	Lovely	Silky	Weak
Boiling	Damaged	Free	Low	Silly	Weary
Bouncy	Dangerous	Fresh	Lucky	Simple	Wet
Brave	Dark	Friendly	Marvelous	Tall	While
Breakable	Dazzling	Frightened	Massive	Tame	Whole
Brief	Dead	Full	Mellow	Tan	Wild
Bright	Deep	Funny	Messy	Tart	Windy
Broken	Defiant	Giant	Modern	Tasty	Witty
Brown	Delicious	Gigantic	Mysterious	Tender	Wonderful
Bumpy	Delightful	Glamorous	Natural	Tense	Wooden
Bustling	Delirious	Glorious	Naughty	Terrific	Worried
Busy	Descriptive	Good	Near	Testy	Wrong
Calculating	Deserted	Gorgeous	New	Thankful	Yellow
Calm	Dreary	Graceful	Next	Terrific	Yummy
Careful	Different	Gray	Nice	Thin	Zany
Careless	Difficult	Green	Noisy	Thirsty	Zealous
Charming	Dirty	Handy	Old	Tight	Zesty

Tabel di atas hanya merupakan sedikit contoh dari kata sifat (adjectives), untuk selengkapnya bisa anda lihat pada kamus. Kami sarankan silahkan baca juga artikel kami mengenai Jenis-jenis/ Macam-macam Adjectives (Kata Sifat)

1.    Limiting Adjectives (Kata Sifat Terbatas)

Article (kata sandang), terdiri dari: a, an, dan the.

a untuk kata berawalan konsonan, contoh: a pen, a book, a cat, a horse, etc.

an untuk kata berawalan vocal, contoh: an aple, an eagle, an orange,  etc.

the untuk menda tunggal, contoh: the earth, the sea, the moon, the sun, etc.

2.    Demonstrative Adjectives (Kata Sifat Penunjuk)

This (ini) = untuk menunjuk benda yang dekat dalam bentuk tunggal.

Contoh: This is my book.

These (ini) = untuk menunjuk benda yang dekat dalam bentuk jamak.

Contoh: These houses are mine.

That (itu) = untuk menunjuk benda jauh dalam bentuk tunggal.

Contoh: That magazine which you are reading is mine.

Those (itu) = untuk menunjuk benda jauh dalam bentuk jamak.

Contoh: Those girls are our friends.

3.    Possessive Adjectives (Kata Sifat Kepunyaan)

My = punyaku, contohnya: My book is on the table.

Your = punya kamu, contohnya: Your skirt is yellow.

Our = punya kami/ kita, contohnya: Our teacher expects us to study hard.

Their = punya mereka, contohnya: Their teacher always comes on time.

His = punya dia laki-laki, contohnya: What is his telephone number?

Her = punya dia perempuan, contohnya: All her friends are beautiful.

Its = punyanya untuk benda mati atau binatang, contohnya: its color is red.

4.    Numeral Adjectives (Kata Sifat Bilangan)

Cardinal Number (Bilangan Pokok)

Contohnya: zero (0), one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), five (5), etc.

Ordinal Number (Bilangan Urutan)

Contohnya: first (1^st), second (2^nd), third (3^rd), fourth (4^th), fifth (5^th), etc.

Fraction Number (BIlangan Pecahan)

Contoh:

1/2 = a half

1/3 = a third

1/4 = a fourth / a quarter

2/3 = two-third

2/4 = two-fourth

3 ½ = three and a half

Bentuk Bilangan Pecahan Desimal

0.5 = zero point five

1.7 = one point seven

3.75 = three point seven five

10.15 = ten point one five

5.    Adjectives of Indefinite Quantity (Kata Sifat Jumlah Tidak Tentu)

Many = banyak, untuk kata benda yang dapat dihitung (countable nouns) pada kalimat negatif dan interogatif. Contohnya:

How many students are there?

She has no many shoes.

Much (banyak) = untuk kata benda yang tidak dapat dihitung (uncountable nouns) pada kalimat negatif dan interogatif. Contohnya:

Do you have much money?

I don’t drink much milk.

A lot of (banyak) = digunakan untuk kata benda yang dapat dihitung (countable nouns) pada kalimat positif, contohnya:

We bought a lot of clothes last week.

I have a lot of friends.

Plenty of (banyak) = digunakan untuk kata benda yang dapat dihitung (countable nouns) dan tidak dapat dihitung (uncountable nouns) dalam kalimat positif, contohnya:

There is plenty of vegetable in the freezer.

We have plenty of time.

A great many (banyak) = untuk kata benda yang dapat dihitung (countable nouns) pada kalimat positif, contohnya: My mother has a great many things.

Several (beberapa) = untuk kata benda yang dapat dihitung (countable nouns), contohnya:

Several students called on us last Sunday.

Her mother wants to stay for several days.

All (semua) = untuk kata benda yang dapat dihitung (countable nouns) dan tidak dapat dihitung (uncountable nouns), contohnya:

I don’t like her at all.

All the students must go now.

6.    Interrogative Adjectives (Kata Sifat Penanya)

Terdiri dari:  which, what, whose, contohnya:

Which shoes is yours?

What food do you want to eat?