Adjectives- order

The general order of adjectives before a noun is the following :

OPINION Attitude/observations COLOUR Colour/Approximate Colour
Delicious,lovely,nice,cool green,blue,reddish,purple
SIZE size/height PATTERN Pattern/Design
Big,small,tall,huge,tiny spotted,checked,flowery,zigzag
SHAPE Shape/Weight/Length ORIGIN Where is it from?
Round,square,long,fat American,British,Arabic,Turkish
CONDITION Condition/State MATTERIAL What is it made of?
Clean,wet,rich,hungry gold,wooden,plastic,synthectic
AGE How old is it? PURPOSE what is it used for?
Old,young,new,antique gardening,shopping,riding
Before adjectives + noun we normally have a deteminer :
-a,an,the,my,your,her,four,this,those,some,etc.
Contoh adjectives Order
Beberapa contoh adjective order yang membentuk noun phrase adalah sebagai berikut :
Det Opinion Size Age Shape Colour Origin Material Purpose Noun
a beautiful small - - - - wodden - house
the luxurios large - square - - - swimming pool
his healthy - - curly reddish - - - hair
some delicious - - - - Indonesian - - dishes
two happy - young - - - - married couples






Opinion Size Shape Condition Age Colour Pattern Origin Material Purpose Noun
ugly small thin dirty old red striped Italian cotton sleeping Bag
beautiful - long - - white - French silk wedding dress
- large - broken ancient - - Greek clay flower vase
Adjectives Order
Noun Modification
Lost properties,Parahyangan train,rectangular black briefcase,and brass locks are noun modification
consisting of modifiers and the heads
Modifiers Head
Lost (verb function as an adjectives)
Parahyangan (noun)
Rectangular ,black (noun,adjectives)
Brass (noun)
Properties (noun)
Train (noun)
Briefcase(noun)
Locks(noun)
Modifier can be an adjetivie or a noun
- Beautiful girl - cotton shirt
- Expensive book - factory class
- Stolen TV - English lesson
- Green house - football player
Beautifuk,expensive,stole,green are adjectives while cotton,factory,english and football are noun
When there more than one modifier,we should take this order into account.
o Adjectives like nice,beautiful,antique,and attractive are calles opinion adjectives
o Adjectives like sunny,old,natural,large,round,yellow,wodden,and shopping are called fact
adjectives
o When we use two ajectives together,opinion adjectives (e.g.nice,beautiful,lovely) normally
come before fact adjectives ( e.g. sunny,old,natural)
Determiner
Adjective
Noun
Opinion Fact

The
a
My
Beauiful
Nice
Lovely
Nice
Old
Sunny
Natural
Blue
Song
Day
Scenery
Dress
Note: Determiner article (a/an,the)
Number (some,two,...)
Demonstrative (this,that,my,his,...)
o When two or more adjectives come before a noun, they normally go in the following order.
deteminer
option
Adjective
noun
size age shape colour origin material Purpose
some lovely - new - white - cotton - blouses
an antique large - round - Jepara wooden - table
two attractive small - - - - plastic - bags
this nice long - - - - silver - knife
a fantastic - modern - - Indonesian - painting exhibition
the famous - tradisional - - - batik - painter
her beatiful - modern - white European silk weeding dress