Language/Multiple-languages/Grammar/Order-of-Adjectives

This is a list of order of adjectives in multiple languages. Not so strict in practice.

In progress.

language	order of adjectives	example
English	quantity, quality, size, shape, age, colour, origin, material, purpose	long curly brown hair [size, shape, colour] a funny old Turkish man [quantity, quality, age, origin] some paper food packaging bags [quantity, material, purpose] a pair of black nylon stockings [quantity, colour, material] a popular programming community [quantity, quality, purpose]
Japanese	quantity, quality, size, shape, colour, age, origin, material, purpose	長い巻き毛の茶色の髪 [size, shape, colour] 1つの面白い老トルコ人 [quantity, quality, age, origin] いくつかの紙製食品包装バッグ [quantity, material, purpose] 1足の黒のナイロンストッキング [quantity, colour, material] 1つの人気のプログラミングコミュニティ [quantity, quality, purpose]
Mandarin Chinese	quantity, quality, colour, size, shape, origin, age, purpose, material	棕色長捲髮／棕色长卷发 [colour, size, shape] 一個有趣的土耳其老人／一个有趣的土耳其老人 [quantity, quality, origin, age] 幾個食品包裝紙袋／几个食品包装纸袋 [quantity, purpose, material] 幾個紙質食品包裝袋／几个纸质食品包装袋 [quantity, material, purpose] 一雙黑色尼龍長襪／一双黑色尼龙长袜 [quantity, colour, material, size] 一個有人氣的編程社區／一个有人气的编程社区 [quantity, quality, purpose]

Related Lessons

• TeKaMoLo in multiple languages
• Various word orders in various languages
• Use an Adposition or Affix
• Common Mistakes
• Exhaustive Inflection
• Punctuation of many languages
• Disjunctive questions