Javanese Adjectives

    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:

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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
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