Welcome to this tutorial.
Today we're going to talk about proper adjectives.
Let's get started.
Remember that an adjective is a word or set of words that modifies In other words describes a noun or
pronoun.
Note that adjectives may come before or after the word they modify as in the example over here.
This is a cute cat the adjective cute modifies or describes the noun cat.
And it comes before the noun and in the sentence.
This cat is cute.
The adjective cute describes the noun cat.
But note that it comes after the noun
now proper adjectives are formed from proper nouns and modify nouns and pronouns.
Have a look at the example below.
I love Italian culture the word Italian is a proper adjective and it's formed from the proper noun.
Italy remember that a proper noun is the specific name used for any person place or thing as in Italy.
Also note that proper adjectives typically look like their original proper nouns but have some sort
of alternative ending.
Have a look at the examples below.
He lives in America.
America is a proper noun.
It is the name of the country and in this sentence he likes American holiday.
American is a proper adjective but it's formed from the proper noun.
America only the ending is different.
Note the proper adjectives are derived from proper nouns and so they are capitalized.
Have a look at the example below when she lived in China.
Liz eat a lot of Chinese food.
Note that the proper adjective Chinese is capitalized and it's derived from the proper noun.
China and when a proper adjective has a prefix the prefix itself is never capitalized.
However the proper adjective itself is still capitalized.
Have a look at the example below in pre Columbian America.
Corn was the only cultivated cereal.
Note that the prefix pre is not capitalized but the proper adjective Columbian is capitalized
let's have a look at the table below.
Now proper adjectives that are derived from proper nouns and end in i e n e n or 8 N Harris follow Italian
derived from Italy Korean.
Korea Moroccan Morocco
improper adjectives that end in i c Icelandic Nordic Hispanic EFC Chinese Japanese Portuguese I Iraqi
is really Pakistani I asset Danish Finnish Irish.