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Learning the Javanese Adjectives is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Javanese language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Javanese.
Javanese Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Javanese Adjectives |
|---|---|
| adjectives | |
| a green tree | wit ijo |
| a tall building | gedung dhuwur |
| a very old man | wong tuo banget |
| the old red house | omah abang kuno |
| a very nice friend | konco |
Notice the structure of the Adjectives in Javanese.
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Javanese placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Javanese vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Javanese Adjectives |
|---|---|
| colors | werna |
| black | ireng |
| blue | biru |
| brown | coklat |
| gray | abu-abu |
| green | ijo |
| orange | kuning telo |
| purple | ungu |
| red | abang |
| white | putih |
| yellow | kuning |
| sizes | ukuran |
| big | gedhe |
| deep | jeru |
| long | dawa |
| narrow | ciut |
| short | cendak/cekak |
| small | cilik |
| tall | dhuwur |
| thick | kandel |
| thin | tipis |
| wide | ombo |
| shapes | bentuk |
| circular | bunder |
| straight | jejeg |
| square | kothak |
| triangular | segitiga |
| tastes | rasa |
| bitter | pahit |
| fresh | seger |
| salty | asin |
| sour | asem |
| spicy | pedes |
| sweet | legi |
| qualities | sifat |
| bad | elek |
| clean | resik |
| dark | peteng |
| difficult | angel |
| dirty | reged |
| dry | garing |
| easy | gampang |
| empty | kosong |
| expensive | larang |
| fast | cepet |
| foreign | |
| full | kebek |
| good | apik |
| hard | atos |
| heavy | abot |
| inexpensive | murah |
| light | entheng |
| local | lokal |
| new | berita |
| noisy | ribut |
| old | tuo |
| powerful | kuat |
| quiet | sepi |
| correct | bener |
| slow | alon |
| soft | lembut |
| very | banget |
| weak | lemes/loyo |
| wet | teles |
| wrong | salah |
| young | nom |
| quantities | jumlah |
| few | sithik |
| little | sithik |
| many | akeh |
| much | akeh |
| part | sebagian |
| some | pirang-pirang |
| a few | pirang-pirang |
| whole | kabeh |
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