Unrippen fruits

[tufguy]

"Don't eat unrippen fruits" and "eat rippen fruits". Are these correct?

 

[tufguy]

We should be using the third form in this kind of sentences. Am I right? So is it the third form(unripe and ripe)?

 

[bhaisahab]

What do you mean by "third form"? "Ripe" and "unripe" are adjectives.

 

[emsr2d2]

"Ripen" is a verb. "Unripen" isn't.

I waiting for my bananas to ripen.
Have my bananas ripened yet?
When do you think they will ripen?
You can ripen apples by putting them in a bowl with bananas.


"Ripe" and "unripe" are adjectives.

Don't eat unripe fruit.
Eat ripe fruit.

 

[Tdol]

We should be using the third form in this kind of sentences. Am I right?

No- you should be using an adjective. Adjective can be formed from the past participle (third form) of a verb, but that is not the only way to make an adjective.


BTW- do you use a spellcheck, because that would have suggested that the spellings you used were not correct, even if past participles worked as adjectives there.

 

[tufguy]

"Don't eat unripen fruits" and "eat ripen fruits". Are these correct?

Sorry for the mistake.

 

[emsr2d2]

No! Go back and read all the previous responses again, then read the rest of this post.

"Ripen" is a VERB.
"Ripe" and "unripe" are adjectives.

Do you think the word before "fruit" in your sentences should be a verb or an adjective?

 

[Tdol]

"Don't eat unripen fruits" and "eat ripen fruits". Are these correct?

Which dictionary told you that ripen was an adjective? We have established that an adjective is required there.

 

[tufguy]

No, I got it now. Yes it should be an adjective. I didn't read it anywhere it was my question but now I have understood it.

 

[Tarheel]

Tufguy, please say:

Now I understand.

And do your best to stop using the other one.

 

[tufguy]

"Stop using the other one", sorry I didn't understand. Could you please explain?

 

[emsr2d2]

Stop saying "Now I have understood". Use "Now I understand".

 

[Tarheel]

"Stop using the other one", sorry I didn't understand. Could you please explain?

Say:

Sorry, I don't understand. Could you please explain?

 

[tufguy]

Sorry, I don't understand. Could you please explain?

 

[emsr2d2]

When Tarheel wrote "Say ...", he didn't mean you had to say it right now! He meant "In future, say this ...". Next time you don't understand something and you need further explanation, use "I don't understand. Could you please explain?"