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4<br />
Adjectives<br />
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Common prefixes with a reinforcing meaning<br />
aarts- aartslui v<strong>er</strong>y lazy, aartsgi<strong>er</strong>ig v<strong>er</strong>y stingy, aartslelijk<br />
v<strong>er</strong>y ugly<br />
o<strong>er</strong>- o<strong>er</strong>dom v<strong>er</strong>y stupid, o<strong>er</strong>oud v<strong>er</strong>y old, o<strong>er</strong>saai v<strong>er</strong>y<br />
boring<br />
door- doornat wet through, doorslecht thoroughly bad<br />
in- (intens) intriest utt<strong>er</strong>ly sad, ingemeen utt<strong>er</strong>ly mean<br />
ov<strong>er</strong>- ov<strong>er</strong>beleefd ov<strong>er</strong>ly polite, ov<strong>er</strong>actief ov<strong>er</strong>ly active<br />
Suffixes<br />
Many suffixes are used to form adjectives. The root words can be nouns,<br />
v<strong>er</strong>bs, names, oth<strong>er</strong> adjectives, and so on. Examples:<br />
Deze weg is <strong>er</strong>g gevaarlijk (from gevaar and -lijk).<br />
This road is v<strong>er</strong>y dang<strong>er</strong>ous.<br />
Het is een regenachtige (from regenen and -achtig) dag.<br />
It’s a rainy day.<br />
Erik is een kritische (from kritiek and -isch) consument.<br />
Erik is a critical consum<strong>er</strong>.<br />
Dit is een le<strong>er</strong>zaam (from l<strong>er</strong>en and -zaam) boek.<br />
This is an instructive book.<br />
Die vaas is breekbaar (from breken and -baar).<br />
That vase is fragile.<br />
Kijk, een wint<strong>er</strong>s (from wint<strong>er</strong> and -s) landschap.<br />
Look, a wint<strong>er</strong> landscape.<br />
We moeten op p<strong>er</strong>iodieke (from p<strong>er</strong>iode and -iek) buien rekenen.<br />
We must be ready for p<strong>er</strong>iodic rain show<strong>er</strong>s.<br />
Ik heb een draadloze (from draad and -loos) telefoon.<br />
I have a cordless phone.<br />
Common suffixes for the formation of adjectives<br />
-aal, -eel muzikaal musical, klassikaal whole-class, cultureel cultural<br />
-achtig roodachtig reddish, twijfelachtig dubious, k<strong>er</strong>nachtig concise<br />
-baar tastbaar tangible, kwetsbaar vuln<strong>er</strong>able, betaalbaar affordable<br />
-ief, -iek facultatief optional, en<strong>er</strong>giek en<strong>er</strong>getic<br />
-ig, -<strong>er</strong>ig nattig clammy, plag<strong>er</strong>ig teasingly, dwep<strong>er</strong>ig zealous<br />
-isch tragisch tragic, komisch comical, biologisch biological