Enjoy is a verb, not an adjective

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Very often I hear my students say things like:

“I was enjoy to see my friend”

This is not correct. “Enjoy” is a verb and not an adjective. So this sentence should be:

“I was very happy to see my friend”

How to use enjoy?

Where did you go?
- I went to a party.
Did you enjoy yourself?
- yes I had a great time

I doing a training course this week
- Oh, I hate it when I’m on training, it’s so boring
Not this one, I’m really enjoying it, it’s very interesting

What do you do in your free time?
- well, I enjoy going to nice restaurants, and I go swimming when I can

Related words:

Adjectives:

Joyful : the family reunion was a joyful occasion

Enjoyable : It wasn’t particularly enjoyable, I must say

Noun

Joy:  I could see the joy in their faces

A “killjoy” is someone who doesn’t like to have fun and spoils the fun for others:

“Let’s not invite Stuart to our party, he’s such a killjoy”

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