quiet, kind people

[Tiff]

Hi!

I just learnt how to list two predicate adjectives from my Genki I book but it doesn't tell me how to list two or more attributive adjectives. Is it because the same principle applies?
eg. I like kind, quiet people. 私はしんせつでしずかひとがすきです。

Also, second question, how do you list three or more adjectives? Is this correct?
eg. My dad is a tall, clever and kind person. 私のお父さんはせがたかくてあたまがくてしんせつです。

Sorry if there is already a thread with a similar questions. I tried googling these but can't seem to find any info.

 

[Toritoribe]

I just learnt how to list two predicate adjectives from my Genki I book but it doesn't tell me how to list two or more attributive adjectives. Is it because the same principle applies?
eg. I like kind, quiet people. 私はしんせつでしずかひとがすきです。

Yes, but it should be 私はしんせつでしずかなひとがすきです。. Plus, I would use むくちな, おだやかな or おとなしい instead of しずかな when "silent" expresses people's character.

Also, second question, how do you list three or more adjectives? Is this correct?
eg. My dad is a tall, clever and kind person. 私のお父さんはせがたかくてあたまがくてしんせつです。

Yes, except a typo 私のお父さんはせがたかくてあたまがよくてしんせつです。

 

[Tiff]

oops, i didn't realize i made some mistakes. thanks very much, i understand now!

 

[lanthas]

I've been wondering: would it also be theoretically possible to read the first sentence as "I am kind, and I like quiet people"? If not, what changes would be needed to make it express this (maybe replace the は by が)?
Also, how should one see the で that connects the two adjectives from a grammatical point of view - is it just the regular で particle (like in で ある), or is it the (irregular) て-form of です?

 

[Toritoribe]

Purely grammatically, it's possible, but semantically, it's odd in the example sentence. で can connect two clauses when they have a relation (e.g. "temporal order" or "cause and result"), but しんせつ and しずかなひとがすき doesn't have such relations.

しんせつで can be considered the -te form of a na-adjective 親切だ. See せがたかくて and あたまがよくて in another example. These are also the -te form of i-adjectives. (the etymology of this で and the -te form of the copula are the same, though.)

 

[lanthas]

I knew about the te-form of い-adjectives and ~ないで/~なくて, but it's good to have confirmation for な-adjectives. Thanks for the clarification!