I can describe a thing and a person — qırmızı maşın, hündür oğlan, Bu kitab maraqlıdır — and ask: Necədir? Hansı?
What kind? Adjectives and colors
What kind? Adjectives and colors
Why: describe a thing, a city, or a person, and ask “what kind?”
An adjective comes before the noun and never changes, not even in the plural: yeni ev — yeni evlər. After the noun it takes a personal ending: ev yenidir. See the table.
Questions: necə “what kind?” or “what is it like?”: Telefon necədir? — Köhnədir. hansı “which one”: Hansı dəftər Kamranındır? — Yaşıl.
çox is “very” before an adjective: çox gözəl. Before a noun it is “many”, and the noun has no -lar: çox kitab.
“But” is amma or ancaq: İş çətindir, amma maraqlıdır. isə “whereas, and” goes after the word: Bakı böyükdür, Gəncə isə kiçikdir; amma starts the second part.
English “old” is two words here: köhnə of a thing, qoca of a person. Yeni and təzə are “new”; təzə is also “fresh”. Göy is “blue” and “sky”.
You'll recognize the endings -lı “with” and -sız “without” in familiar words: ev → evli, pul → pulsuz.
Common mistakes:
• ×yenilər evlər → yeni evlər;
• ×köhnə adam → qoca adam;
• ×çox kitablar → çox kitab.
Colors
For now, the last three words are for recognition only.
| Color | In Azerbaijani |
|---|---|
| white | ağ |
| black | qara |
| red | qırmızı |
| yellow | sarı |
| green | yaşıl |
| blue | göy |
| light blue | mavirecognition only |
| gray | bozrecognition only |
| brown | qəhvəyirecognition only |
Where the adjective goes
Before the noun the adjective doesn't change; after the noun it takes a personal ending.
| How | Example | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| before the noun | yeni ev / yeni evlər | a new house / new houses |
| after the noun | ev yenidir | the house is new |
| very | çox yeni ev | a very new house |
| many | çox ev | many houses |
Lesson notes
What kind? Adjectives and colors
Why: describe a thing, a city, or a person, and ask “what kind?”
An adjective comes before the noun and never changes, not even in the plural: yeni ev — yeni evlər. After the noun it takes a personal ending: ev yenidir. See the table.
Questions: necə “what kind?” or “what is it like?”: Telefon necədir? — Köhnədir. hansı “which one”: Hansı dəftər Kamranındır? — Yaşıl.
çox is “very” before an adjective: çox gözəl. Before a noun it is “many”, and the noun has no -lar: çox kitab.
“But” is amma or ancaq: İş çətindir, amma maraqlıdır. isə “whereas, and” goes after the word: Bakı böyükdür, Gəncə isə kiçikdir; amma starts the second part.
English “old” is two words here: köhnə of a thing, qoca of a person. Yeni and təzə are “new”; təzə is also “fresh”. Göy is “blue” and “sky”.
You'll recognize the endings -lı “with” and -sız “without” in familiar words: ev → evli, pul → pulsuz.
Common mistakes:
• ×yenilər evlər → yeni evlər;
• ×köhnə adam → qoca adam;
• ×çox kitablar → çox kitab.