When do adjectives change?
When they come before the nouns that they describe
Will all adjectives change when placed before the noun that they are describing?
No, some will stay the same
Give examples of words that will stay the same
Warm Kaal Maer Soet (both meanings) Arm (when it means poor) Colours (except goud) Bitter (when describing taste) Dik Laat Lekker Mooi Skoon Vuil Siek Suur Swaar Vet Bang Vars Ryk
What happens when you are changing the form of the adjective and it has twin vowels and ends in a single consonant?
Drop one vowel
Add an e
What happens when you are changing the form of the adjective and it ends in a double consonant?
Add an e
What happens when you are changing the form of the adjective and it has a single vowel and ends on an f?
Replace the f with w
Add we
What happens when you are changing the form of the adjective and it has a twin vowel and ends in f?
Drop one vowel
Replace the f with w
Add e
What happens when you are changing the form of the adjective and it ends in a consonant and then an f?
Replace the f with w
Add an e
What happens when you are changing the form of the adjective and it has a single vowel and ends in g?
Add te
What happens when you are changing the form of the adjective and it has a twin vowel and ends in g?
Drop one vowel
Add an e
If the vowels are in danger of forming a single sound, use ë instead, to show that the sounds are separate
What happens when you are changing the form of the adjective and it has a double vowel and ends in g?
Drop the g
Add e
If the vowels are in danger of forming a single sound, use ë instead to show that the sounds are separate
What happens when you are changing the form of the adjective and it ends in lik?
Add an e
What happens when you are changing the form of the adjective and it ends in ig?
Add an e
What happens when you are changing the form of the adjective and it would be a present participle acting as an adjective in English?
If it has a twin vowel and ends in a consonant, drop one vowel and add ende
If it ends in a double consonant, add ende
How would koud change?
Koue
How would breed change?
Breë
How would wyd change?
Wye
How would oud change?
Ou
How would dood change?
Dooie
How would goed change?
Goeie
How would lank change?
Lang
How would jonk change?
Jong
How would nuut change?
Nuwe
How would fanaties change?
Fanatiese
What is the general rule for the changing of adjectives?
Add an e
What happens when you are changing the form of the adjective and it has a single vowel and ends in a single consonant?
Double the consonant
Add an e
