Compound adjectives/help
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Message from angrepa posted on 03-10-2012 at 22:02:36 (D | E | F)
Hello,
I´d like to know when I have to add -ed to a noun, for example: grey-bearded, or when not for example: golden-brown or well-spoken. Sometimes I make a fuss when doing the exercises, as the last one.
Thanks for any help
Angrepa
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Edited by lucile83 on 03-10-2012 22:26
Message from angrepa posted on 03-10-2012 at 22:02:36 (D | E | F)
Hello,
I´d like to know when I have to add -ed to a noun, for example: grey-bearded, or when not for example: golden-brown or well-spoken. Sometimes I make a fuss when doing the exercises, as the last one.
Thanks for any help
Angrepa
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Edited by lucile83 on 03-10-2012 22:26
Re: Compound adjectives/help from gerondif, posted on 03-10-2012 at 23:45:19 (D | E)
Hello,
1) you can usually add ed to a part of the body to transform it into an adjective:
He has got blond hair and blue eyes: he is a blue-eyed blond-haired boy.
I met a broad-shouldered short-legged man![legid] in pronunciation !!
Those adjectives are usually attributive adjectives, you don't usually say: he is blue-eyed, you say: he has got blue eyes. But you can say: he is left-handed.
If the adjectives refer to the mind, then , you can use them as predicate as well.
he is a good-natured boy, he is absent-minded, he is bad-tempered. He is quick-witted.
2) another pattern: a good-looking boy, an easy-going man, a fast-running cat.
3) another pattern with the past participle: a French-made car, a full-grown plant, a half-cooked steak, a well-known story.
4) another pattern : light-blue eyes, dark green glasses.
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