Coordinate And Non-Coordinate Adjectives
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00:00Hi friends, today we will learn what are coordinate adjectives and non-coordinate adjectives.
00:10So let's start.
00:14First of all, let's revise what are adjectives.
00:19The words that describe or give more information on nouns or pronouns are called adjectives.
00:29He is a brilliant student.
00:33Here the word he is a pronoun, student is a noun and the word brilliant is describing
00:41the noun student or giving more information about the noun student.
00:49Here we have another example.
00:54Look at the marvelous monument.
00:57In this sentence, monument is the noun and the word marvelous gives more information
01:04about the noun monument.
01:07So the word marvelous is an adjective.
01:12So adjectives are the describing words for nouns and pronouns.
01:21Adjectives may tell us about the number of quantity, opinion, size, age, shape, color,
01:29origin, material or purpose of the noun or pronoun.
01:36Let's see different adjectives that describe different characteristics of a noun or pronoun.
01:46Number or quantity, abundant, empty, multiple, many, numerous, sparse, heavy, light, a few,
01:59a little, ten, five, six.
02:03All these adjectives tell us about the number or quantity of a noun and pronoun.
02:12Opinion, beautiful, nice, sweet, cute, mannered, ugly, unique.
02:21All these adjectives tell us about the personal opinion of someone about a noun or a pronoun.
02:31Size, big, small, tiny, huge, bigger, biggest, giant, massive, petite.
02:41All these adjectives tell us about the size of something or someone.
02:47Age, old, young, new, antique.
02:53These adjectives tell us about the age of something or someone.
03:00Shape, flat, round, oval, triangular, hollow, curved, chubby.
03:08These adjectives tell us about the shape of something or someone.
03:14Color, reddish, pinkish, blue, green.
03:21These adjectives tell us about the color of something or someone.
03:27Origin, British, Anglo-Indian, Canadian, European.
03:35These adjectives tell us about the origin of something.
03:41Material, silver, gold, copper, wooden, cotton.
03:48These adjectives tell us about the material something is made up of.
03:55There are also some adjectives that show the purpose of something or someone.
04:01Like, jogging shoes.
04:05Here, the word jogging is an adjective that tells us about the purpose of the shoes.
04:11Gardening gloves.
04:15Here, the word gardening is an adjective that shows the purpose of the gloves.
04:22Similarly, shopping bag.
04:26Here, the word shopping is an adjective that shows the purpose of the bag.
04:32Here we have more examples.
04:36Swimming suit, shopping bag, skating shoes, purchasing card, riding seat.
04:44So, here the adjectives swimming, shopping, skating, purchasing, riding are adjectives of purpose.
04:54So, we learned that adjectives describe different qualities of a noun or a pronoun.
05:04A single noun or pronoun can be described by more than one adjective.
05:11And when you are giving more than one adjective before a noun or a pronoun,
05:17you need to arrange these adjectives in an order which is decided by the formula.
05:23Nocescomp, yes, nocescomp.
05:28N for number or quantity.
05:32O for opinion.
05:35S for size.
05:38A for age.
05:40Again, S which is for shape.
05:44C for color.
05:46O for origin.
05:49M for material and P for purpose.
05:55That is, if you are giving more than one adjective before a noun or pronoun,
06:01those adjectives will appear in this order.
06:06For example, I want to buy myself one big black leather purse.
06:12Here, the noun is purse.
06:16And there is a series of adjectives before the noun purse.
06:21One, big, black and leather.
06:25And these adjectives follow a sequence according to the formula nocescomp.
06:33The first adjective is one, which is describing the quantity or number of the noun purse.
06:40Second one is big, which is describing the size of the noun purse.
06:47Third one is black, which is describing the color of the noun purse.
06:53Next is leather, which is describing the material of the noun purse.
07:00So, these adjectives, one, big, black, leather, are following a sequence,
07:08which is determined by the formula nocescomp.
07:13Number, opinion, size, shape, color, origin, material, purpose.
07:22You need to remember this order in order to write the adjectives correctly in the right order.
07:30Now comes the point when I can explain you.
07:34What are coordinate adjectives and non-coordinate adjectives?
07:40It is very important to learn the difference.
07:44Because you must be confused, you need to put commas between these adjectives or not.
07:52If the adjectives modifying the same noun are of the same category,
07:58that is, all are describing the same property of the noun like shape, age or size,
08:05commas are required between them.
08:10Like our example, all adjectives describing the noun purse are from different categories.
08:18One is giving the quantity.
08:21Other one is giving the size.
08:24Other one is giving the color.
08:27And the last one is giving the material.
08:31So, no comma is required.
08:35These adjectives are non-coordinate.
08:40Now let's see examples of coordinate adjectives.
08:44I want to buy myself a red and black purse.
08:50Here we have two adjectives before the noun purse, red and black.
08:57Both are the same category, color.
09:00That is, both are describing the color of the noun, purse.
09:05You either put a comma between them or either and can be used.
09:11And you can write the same sentence in four formats.
09:16You can also write, I want to buy myself a black and red purse.
09:22And you can also replace and with a comma.
09:26These are the four ways you can write the coordinate adjectives.
09:32Red and black, black and red, and also with commas.
09:38So, coordinate adjectives are adjectives of same category, modifying the same noun.
09:46And you need commas or and to separate these adjectives.
09:52And their order can also be reversed.
09:56Here we have another example.
10:00She is such a cute and innocent child.
10:04Here, the two adjectives, cute and innocent, both describes the opinion of the speaker about the noun, child.
10:14So, these are coordinate adjectives.
10:18You can also reverse their order.
10:21She is such an innocent and cute child.
10:25You can also replace and with commas.
10:30My mother always looks charming and gorgeous.
10:34Here, the two adjectives, charming and gorgeous, both describe the personal opinion.
10:42So, we need comma or and between them.
10:47You can also reverse their order.
10:50My mother always looks gorgeous and charming.
10:55I am always afraid of slippery and treacherous roads.
11:00Again, both the adjectives, slippery and treacherous, describes the same quality of the noun, roads.
11:10So, these are coordinate adjectives.
11:14And you can also reverse their order.
11:17Now, here we have another example.
11:21My house is behind the huge circular blue building.
11:26Here, we have three adjectives, huge, circular, blue, describing the noun, building.
11:36All these are three types of adjectives, describe different qualities of the noun, building.
11:45Huge is describing the size.
11:48Circular is describing the shape.
11:51And blue is describing the color of the noun, building.
11:55So, these are non-coordinate adjectives.
11:59And you need no commas or any coordinating conjunction between them.
12:05But yes, you need to follow the right sequence according to the formula.
12:11No saskong.
12:13Friends, today we have learned what are coordinate adjectives and what are non-coordinate adjectives.
12:20And also, the sequence that the adjectives must follow before a noun or a pronoun.
12:28We will learn more about this adjective sequence and many more examples in our next section.
12:36Now, go ahead and take a quiz to learn more.
12:40Bye-bye.