According to

 3. according to

‘Acording to Harry’ do të thotë: ‘Nëse ajo cfarë thotë Harry është e vërtetë’ , ‘sipas Harrit’ . Kini parasysh që after nuk përdoret me këtë kuptim.

- According to Harry, it’s a good film. (JO: After Harry, …)

Mendimet dhe opinionet zakonisht nuk jepen me ‘according to’. Krahaso:

- According to Joan, the people accros the road are moving.

(Nëse ajo cfarë thotë Xhoan është e vërtetë, …)

- According to the timetable, the train gets in at 8.27.

- In my opinion, she’s sick. (JO: According to me, …)

Adjective order

 Adjective order

Rendi i mbiemrave

Two adjectives

Dy mbiemra

We often have two adjectives in front of a noun:

Ne shpesh kemi dy mbiemra përpara një emri:

· a handsome young man

· a big black car

· that horrible big dog

Some adjectives give a general opinion. We can use these adjectives to describe almost any noun:

Disa mbiemra japin një mendim të përgjithshëm. Ne mund t’i përdorim këta mbiemra për të përshkruar pothuajse çfarëdo emri:

good bad lovely strange nice beautiful brilliant excellent awful important wonderful nasty

· He's a good/wonderful/brilliant/bad/dreadful teacher.

· That's a good/wonderful/brilliant/bad/dreadful book.

Some adjectives give a specific opinion. We only use these adjectives to describe particular kinds of noun, for example:

Disa mbiemra japin një mendim të caktuar. Ne i përdorim këta mbiemra vetëm për të përshkruar lloje të veçanta emrash, për shembull:

Food Furniture, buildings People, animals

delicious

tasty comfortable uncomfortable clever intelligent friendly

We usually put a general opinion in front of a specific opinion:

Ne zakonisht vendoim një mendim të përgjithshëm përoara një mendimi të caktuar:

· nice tasty soup

· a nasty uncomfortable armchair

· a lovely intelligent animal

We usually put an opinion adjective in front of a descriptive adjective:

Ne zakonisht vendosim një mbiemër që shpreh mendim përpara një mbiemri përshkrues:

· a nice red dress

· a silly old man

· those horrible yellow curtains

Put the adjectives into the correct group.

Vendosni mbiemrat në grupin e saktë.

tasty small delicious comfortable uncomfortable nasty good awful

big

horrible intelligent French friendly lovely nice old

silly

clever beautiful young Japanese red green bad

General opinion Specific opinion Descriptive

Put the words in the correct order.

Vendosni fjalët në rendin e duhur.

food delicious Chinese

green trousers horrible

comfortable bed a new

a young woman silly

big nice a dinner

clever little boy a

a sky blue beautiful

man old a nasty

Three or more adjectives

Tre apo më shumë mbiemra

Sometimes we have three adjectives in front of a noun, but this is unusual:

Ndonjëherë ne kemi tre mbiemra përpara një emri, pork jo është e pazakontë:

· a nice handsome young man

· a big black American car

· that horrible big fierce dog

It is very unusual to have more than three adjectives.

Është shumë e pazakontë të kemi më shumë se tre mbiemra.

Adjectives usually come in this order:

Mbiemrat zakonisht vijnë në këtë rend:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

General

opinion

Mendim i

përgjithshëm Specific opinion Mendim specifik Size Madhësi Shape Formë Age Moshë Colour Ngjyrë Nationality Kombësi Material Lëndë

Adjectives after link verbs

 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

o Please, don’t be afraid.

o Please, don’t be frightened.

o Tom looked like an afraid rabbit.

o Tom looked like a frightened rabbit.

alive and living

o Is your great-grandmother still alive?

o Is your great-grandmother still living?

o The tsunami destroyed every living thing.

o The tsunami destroyed every alive thing.

asleep and sleeping

o The thief walked quietly past the asleep dogs.

o The thief walked quietly past the sleeping dogs.

o Shh! The children are asleep.

o Shh! The children are sleeping.

well and healthy

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

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

o Bright eyes are a sign of a healthy dog.

o Bright eyes are a sign of a well dog.

ill and sick

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

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

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

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