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TIP to sound like a native

Hello everyone and welcome back to English with Lucy. You may notice that my voice is a little bit different. This is because… I have bronchitis. And a couple of days ago I couldn’t even talk… …so your lucky you’re getting this video today. Yeah It’s been… Not a nice week. But I’m here with you content for you. And today I thought I’d do a bit of grammar which I haven’t done in a very long time. Today we going to talk about adjective order. Which is really really important if you want to sound like a native speaker.

Now this is a general order. You might sometimes hear native speakers using a different order but this is generally the order that we use. It’s quite long but it goes as the following. First we would say “opinion”. “Opinion”.

So something is “ugly” or “gorgeous”. Then we would say the “size” of the noun. “Big-tiny”. Then we would say the “shape”. “Fat”. “Round”. Then we would say the condition. “Broken”. “Dirty”. Then we would say the “age”. “Ancient”. “New” for example. Then the “colour”. “Red”. “White”. You guys know the colours. Then the “pattern”. “Spotty”. “Striped”. Then we would say the “origin”. “Spanish”. “Indonesian”. Then we would going to say the “material”. “Cotton”. “Metal”. And finally the “purpose”. So “sleeping”. For like a “sleeping bag”. Or a “flower” for a “flower pot”. So… So this is the order that we use to list the adjectives before a noun. But my top tip is we don’t tend to list more than three. So use this order, pick three of them and put it before a noun. So for example “I’ve got a red, Spanish, Flamenco dress.”.

No, I really really do. I’m so in love with it. I can’t wait to wear it at the Feria de Sevilla this year. Okay. Or I could say I am wearing a “burgundy, silk” blouse. So as I like to talk about important items and prized possessions… …in the comments, I would like you to write three objects that you really really love. So I want you to describe them using adjectives in the correct order. Guys that’s it for today’s lesson. I hope it helped you, I hope you learned something.