Adjectives after link verbs Mbiemrat pas foljeve lidhëse

 Adjectives after link verbs 

Mbiemrat pas foljeve lidhëse 

 

   We use some adjectives only after a link verb: 

   Ne përdorim disa mbiemra vetëm pas një foljeje lidhëse: 

 

afraid  alive  alone  asleep  content  glad

ill  ready  sorry  sure  unable  well

 

 

 

   Some of the commonest -ed adjectives are normally used only after a link verb: 

   Disa nga mbiemrat me -ed më të zakonshëm, normalisht përdoren vetëm pas një foljeje lidhëse: 

 

annoyed 
bored 
finished 
pleased 
thrilled 

 

 

 

We say: 

Ne themi: 

• Our teacher was ill. 

• My uncle was very glad when he heard the news. 

• The policeman seemed to be very annoyed. 

 

but we do not say: 

por ne nuk themi: 

• We had an ill teacher. 

• When he heard the news he was a very glad uncle. 

• He seemed to be a very annoyed policeman. 

 

 

 

 

Choose the sentence which is NOT correct. 

Zgjidhni fjalinë e cila NUK është e saktë. 

 

afraid and frightened 

• Please, don’t be afraid. 

• Please, don’t be frightened. 

• Tom looked like an afraid rabbit. 

• Tom looked like a frightened rabbit. 

 

 

alive and living 

• Is your great-grandmother still alive? 

• Is your great-grandmother still living? 

• The tsunami destroyed every living thing. 

• The tsunami destroyed every alive thing. 

 

 

asleep and sleeping 

• The thief walked quietly past the asleep dogs. 

• The thief walked quietly past the sleeping dogs. 

• Shh! The children are asleep. 

• Shh! The children are sleeping. 

 

 

well and healthy 

• George isn’t looking very well these days, is he? 

• George isn’t looking very healthy these days, is he? 

• Bright eyes are a sign of a healthy dog. 

• Bright eyes are a sign of a well dog. 

 

 

ill and sick 

• I don’t like hospitals. They’re full of ill people. 

• I don’t like hospitals. They’re full of sick people. 

• Dave’s not coming to work today. He’s ill. 

• Dave’s not coming to work today. He’s sick.