Dekri moun, kote ak bagay an angle

Se deskripsyon ki fè yon konvèsasyon enteresan. Depi ou ka di lòt bagay pase « sa bon », ou ka rakonte istwa, bay opinyon ou ak fè moun konprann ou kòrèkteman.

Dekri aparans fizik

Wotè ak kòpilans : tall, short, slim, well-built Cheve : long, short, straight, curly, blonde, dark Laj : young, middle-aged, elderly (pi politè pase « old » lè nou pale de moun)

Pou trè yo, nou itilize have got / have ; pou kalite jeneral yo, be :

• She has long dark hair.
• She is tall.

Pou laj la, se be tou, pa « genyen » tankou an kreyòl : She is thirty (pa « She has thirty years » ni She thirty).

Dekri karaktè

Pozitif	Negatif
friendly	unfriendly
generous	mean
hard-working	lazy
patient	impatient
confident	shy
reliable	unreliable
easy-going	difficult

Remake modèl la : anpil kontrè fòme ak prefiks un- oswa im-. Men se pa tout : kontrè generous se mean, pa « ungenerous ». Atansyon tou ak fo zanmi an : « senpatik » an kreyòl di nice oswa friendly, pa sympathetic (ki vle di « ki gen konpasyon »).

Yon pwosede itil pou karaktè : He's the kind of person who always remembers your birthday.

Dekri kote

• Gwosè : tiny, small, big, huge
• Anbyans : quiet, busy, crowded, lively, peaceful
• Eta : modern, old, clean, dirty
• Opinyon : beautiful, ugly, boring, interesting

It's a small, quiet town near the mountains.

Lòd adjektif yo

Lè gen plizyè adjektif, angle swiv yon lòd fiks, e yo mete avan non an (an kreyòl, yo ale apre : yon kay wouj). Règ konplè a se sa a :

opinyon → gwosè → laj → fòm → koulè → orijin → materyèl → fonksyon → non

• ✅ a beautiful little old house
• ❌ an old little beautiful house
• ✅ a lovely big red car
• ✅ a small round wooden table

Moun ki pale angle depi yo piti pa aprann règ sa a : yo tande l. Si ou gen dout, sonje : opinyon an vini an premye, e materyèl la oswa fonksyon an rete pi pre non an.

Nan pratik, twa adjektif youn dèyè lòt ra. De se nòm lan, e pi lwen pase sa, angle souvan separe yo : a lovely old house, painted white.

Pyèj -ed ak -ing

Se erè ki pi enpòtan nan tout tèm sa a, paske li pa chanje estil la, men sans lan.

• -ing dekri objè a : The film was boring.
• -ed dekri santiman moun nan : I was bored.

Otreman di, ❌ I am boring vle di « mwen se yon moun raplonjan ». Menm separasyon an parèt nan interesting / interested, confusing / confused, surprising / surprised ak rès fanmi an. Kreyòl la fè menm distenksyon an ak mo tankou enteresan / enterese, kidonk prensip la abitye ou : ou jis bezwen aplike l an angle.

Ki jan pou entansifye yon deskripsyon

Olye de ajoute very, itilize yon adjektif ki pi fò (an kreyòl, ou ta di gwo anpil, men angle prefere yon sèl mo) :

Olye de	Nou di
very big	huge
very small	tiny
very good	excellent
very bad	awful
very tired	exhausted
very pretty	beautiful
very cold	freezing
very hungry	starving

Enpòtan : nou pa ka di very huge ni very excellent : adjektif sa yo deja ekstrèm. Itilize absolutely oswa completely : absolutely huge.

Ak ki jan pou adousi

Direksyon envès la tou itil, e moun ki pale angle depi yo piti sèvi ak li tout tan :

• It's quite good. (byen ; an angle britanik, sa ka ale jiska « mwayen »)
• It's a bit small. (yon ti kras, e souvan se yon repwòch)
• It's not exactly cheap. (li chè, di ak eufemis)

Adjektif yo transmèt atitid ou, pa sèlman enfòmasyon. Small ak tiny dekri menm apatman an ; a bit small se yon plent, e cosy se yon konpliman ajan imobilye. Lè ou chwazi adjektif la, ou chwazi atitid ou anvè objè a.

Rakonte ki jan yon apatman ou te vizite te ye

A : What was it like?

B : Quite small, and a bit dark. But it's a lovely old building.

A : Were you disappointed?

B : A little. The photos were misleading — it looked huge online.

Quite ak a bit pou adousi, lòd mo yo nan lovely old building ak pè disappointed / misleading, ki fonksyone egzakteman selon règ -ed ak -ing.

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