C01
core
Description and quantity
Description
Property Label
What kind? What is it like?
basic
Adjective
Modifier
Attributive adjective
المعنى
A quality or feature attached to a participant: size, color, shape, age, material, character, or type.
طريقة التعرّف عليه
Find words that describe a thing.
أمثلة
كلمات
red|big|old|wooden|smart
عبارات
a red car|an old friend|a difficult question
جملة
The red car is fast.
Visual guide
Basic shape
PROPERTY + THING = described thing red + car -> red car old + friend -> old friend Ask: what kind / like?
Compare shape
Property slot can vary: before noun: red car after noun: car red agreement: red-F car-F link word: car is red verb-like: car red-VERB
نظرة على اللغة
في اللغة الأم
عربي
مدى الظهور
strong
الأهمية
Attributive adjectives usually follow the noun and agree in definiteness, gender, number and case.
البيتُ الكبيرُ جميل.
The big house is beautiful.
في اللغة قيد التعلم
إنجليزي
مدى الظهور
strong
الصعوبة
English normally places property adjectives before nouns and does not inflect them for gender or number.
I bought a red car.
red = property label
مشكلة شائعة للمتعلّمين
Learners may put adjectives after nouns or add plural endings to adjectives.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.