THE ADJECTIVE 1. Shaxs yoki buyumning belgisini bildirgan so‘zlar sifat deyiladi:
A young man = yoshkishi; a young woman= yoshayol; young people = yoshkishilar.
Sifat faqat darajalar bo‘yicha o‘zgarishi mumkin: long — uzun, longer — uzunroq, longest — enguzun.
Sifatlar oddiy va yasama bo‘ladi:
Oddiy sifatlar qo‘shimcha olmagan sifatlardir: big — katta, short — kalta,
black — qora, red — qizil.
Yasama sifatlarga old yoki orqa qo‘shimchasini yoki har ikkalasini olgan
sifatlar kiradi: natural — tabiiy, incorrect — noto‘g‘ri,unnaturalnotabiiy.
Eng ko‘p tarqalgan qo‘shimchalar (suffikslar):
— ful: useful = foydali, doubtful = shubhali;
— less : helpless = ojiz, useless = befoyda;
— ous: famous = mashhur, dangerous = xavfl i;
— al : formal = rasmiy, central = markaziy;
— able, -ible: eatable = yebbo‘ladigan, accessible = hammabop, yengil. Eng ko‘p tarqalgan old qo‘shimchalar :
un- : unhappy = baxtsiz, unequal = tengemas, noteng; in- : incomplete = tugallanmagan, indifferent = farqsiz.
Ikkita so‘zdan yasalib bitta ma'noni bildiruvchi sifatlar qo‘shma sifatlar deyiladi:
dark-blue= to‘qko‘k, snow-white = qordekoq.
Sifat gapda aniqlovchi va ot-kesimning tarkibida keladi: The large box is on the table. Katta quti stol ustida.
(aniqlovchi)
The box is large. (otkesimning Quti — katta. tarkibiyqismi)
Sifat darajalari (Degrees of Comparison) Sifatning uchta darajasi bor: Oddiy (the Positive Degree), qiyosiy (the Comparative Degree) va orttirma( the Superlative Degree). The Missisippi is a long river. (long Missisippi uzun daryo. — oddiy daraja.).
Sodda sifatlarning (bir, ikki bo‘g‘inli sifatlarning) qiyosiy darajasi –er qo‘shimchasini qo‘shish bilan, orttirma darajasi –est qo‘shimchasini qo‘shish bilan yasaladi:
sharp — o‘tkir cold — sovuq deep — chuqur busy — band dirty — iflos clever — aqlli narrow — tor able — layoqatli
(qodir) noble — himmatli
sharpest — engo‘tkir coldest — engsovuq deepest — engchuqur busiest — eng band dirtiest — engiflos cleverest — engaqlli narrowest — eng tor ablest — englayoqatli noblest — eng himmatli
polite — odobli himmatliroq politest — eng odobli
Qiyosiy va orttirma darajalarni yasaganda quyidagi imlo qoidalariga rioya qilinadi: agar sifat o‘qilmaydigan e harfi bilan tugagan bo‘lsa, -er va-est qo‘shimchalari qo‘shilganda sifat oxiridagi o‘qilmaydigan e harfi tushib qoladi:
large Katta larg-er largbrave Jasur brav-er brav-
ripe Pishgan rip-er rip-est agar sifat qisqa unlidan keyin bitta undosh bilan tugagan bo‘lsa, qiyosiy va orttirma darajalarning qo‘shimchasi qo‘shilganda oxirgi undosh ikkilantiriladi:
big Katta Bigger Bigge hot Issiq Hotter Hottes thin Yupqa Thinner Thinn wet Nam Wetter Wette
agar sifat undoshdan keyin kelgan y harfi bilan tugagan bo‘lsa, qyosiy va orttirma darajalarning qo‘shimchasi qo‘shilganda oxirgi y harfi i harfiga aylanadi:
busy Band busier Busie easyOson easier Easie dirty iflos, kir dirtier Dirtie
agar sifat oxiridagi y unlidan keyin kelgan bo‘lsa qo‘shimcha qo‘shilganda y saqlanib qoladi:
gay -sho‘xgayer gayest
Ko‘pgina ikki bo‘g‘inli hamda uch va ko‘p bo‘g‘inli sifatlarning qiyosiy darajasi sifatning oldiga more, orttirma darajasi sifatning oldiga most so‘zlarini qo‘yish bilan yasaladi:
Oddiydaraja
Qiyosiydaraja
Orttirmadaraja
active — faolfamous — mashhur difficult — qiyin comfortable — qulayinteresting — qiziq