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    Compound adjectives/help

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    Compound adjectives/help
    Message from angrepa posted on 03-10-2012 at 22:02:36 (D | E | F)
    Hello,

    IŽd 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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