| Franglish |
COMPOUND ADJECTIVES
To know how adjectives are composed will help you understand their meaning.
Observing constructions permits to 'decode' words.
| Adj + Ving a hard-working student |
Adj + Ven a hard-boiled egg |
Adj + Nen a blue-eyed girl |
| Adj + Adj a dark-blue suit |
Adj + N a high-speed machine |
N + Ving a heart-breaking story |
| N + Ven a heart-broken man |
N + Adj a sea-sick sailor |
N + N a random-access memory |
| Adv + Ving a never-ending story |
Adv + Ven an under-privileged person |
Adv +Adv a far-away land |
| Divers a ten-year-old girl |
Divers a six-foot-tall athlete |
Divers the nine o'clock news |