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Part of speech of a word "Quiet"

To all grammar masters,

What is the part of speech of a word "Quiet" in the following sentence?

"You should be quiet"

I analyzed parts of speech of the sentence:

You - Pronoun

Should - Helping Verb (Auxiliary?)

Be - Verb "to BE", which means to exist?

quiet - ???? is it adjective? But what is it modifying? If not, it must be a Noun?

Thank you in advance!

Re: Part of speech of a word "Quiet"

You are right - it is being used as an adjective.

Think of the sentence like this:
"You should be a quiet boy."

Re: Part of speech of a word \"Quiet\"

Grammar Monster Team
You are right - it is being used as an adjective.

Think of the sentence like this:
"You should be a quiet boy."



Okay, since it's an adjective, the following sentence (see below), Is an adjective modifying "You"? Since it's an adjective, it must modify a noun, and there is only one type of noune, pronoun of You.

"You should be quiet"

Thanks in advance!!

Re: Part of speech of a word "Quiet"

We also say:
"You are quiet today. Everything OK?"

Taking the section, 'You ARE quiet':

'quiet' as a noun means:
(a) silence, calm :"The early morning quiet"
(b) free of disturbance or interruption BY OTHERS

So, with 'quiet' as a noun, your sentence would mean:
“You should be silence.”

Do you think that a metaphor is the intended meaning, rather telling someone not to disturb others by talking or making noise?

Take another example:
‘happy’ is the adjective, and ‘happiness’ is the noun.

“They are happy to see me.”
“You should be happy that you still have your health.”