PRÍDAVNÉ MENÁ KONČIACE NA –ING A -ED                                              V angličtine existuje mnoho prídavných mien, ktoré končia na –ING a –ED. Napríklad: BORING – BORED.

Example:
Jane has been doing the same job for a very long time. Every day she does exactly the same thing again and again. She doesn´t enjoy it any more and would like to do something different.

Jane´s job is boring.                Jane is bored (with her job).

Niekto je bored (unudený), ak je niečo (alebo niekto iný) boring (nudné).
Alebo, ak je niečo boring, it makes you bored (nudí ťa to), napr.:

● Jane is bored because her job is boring. (=Jana sa nudí, pretože jej práca je nudná).
● Jane´s job is boring, so Jane is bored. (not Jane is boring). (Janina práca je nudná a tak sa Jana nudí – je otrávená). 
Ak je osoba 'boring', znamená to, že robí ostatných ľudí 'bored' (= nudí ostatných ľudí).

POROVNAJME PRÍDAVNÉ MENÁ KONČIACE NA –ING A –ED:

 Môžeme povedať:
                      boring
                      interesting
● My job is        
                      tiring
                      satisfying
                     depressing

Koncovka –ING sa vzťahuje na JOB.

 

 Môžeme povedať:
● I´m bored with my job.
● I´m not interested with my job any more.
● I´m always tired when I finish work.
● I´m not satisfied with my job.
● My job makes me depressed.

Koncovka –ED hovorí, ako sa osoba cíti (vo vzťahu k svojej práci).

 INTERESTING
● Julia thinks politics is very interesting.
● Did you meet anyone interesting at the party?          

 INTERESTED
● Julia is very interested in politics.
● Are you interested in buying a car? I´m trying to sell mine.

 SURPRISING
● It was guite surpiring that he passed the examination.
  SURPRISED
● Everybody was surprised that he passed the examination.

 DISAPPOINTING
● The film was disappointing. I expected it to be much better.
  DISAPPOINTED
● I was disappointed with the film. I expected it to be much better.

 SHOCKING
● The news was shocking.                          
  SHOCKED
● We were shocked when we heard the news.

ZOPAKUJME SI!
1. Aký je rozdiel medzi prídavnými menami končiacimi na –ed a –ing?
2. Uveďte príklady.

Použitá literatúra:
Raymond Murphy: English grammar in use

Vypracovala: PaedDr. Ivana Dulová