名词复数错误(上)
文章来源:句解霸 | 更新日期:2022-02-03
英语和汉语有十分大的区别,汉语善用动词,而英语则善用名词。而汉语和英语在名词的使用上也有很大的区别:英语多个名词需要使用复数形式,而汉语则没有。英语中的名词复数,一般是直接在名词词尾加s。然而若只会这样一种情况,则会出现错误。下面就为大家罗列出一些名词变复数不当的情况,以供参考。
(1)名词词尾为s,x,z,ch,sh,复数须加es而非直接加s
误: | My sister doesn't like playing a piano. |
正: | My sister doesn't like playing the piano. | (大鱼吃小鱼。) |
误: | I needed to teach three classs . |
正: | I needed to teach three classes . | (我要教三个班。) |
* 加es的情况相信大家都不陌生,但是值得注意的是,当词尾ch发音为/k/时,则直接加s,如:patriarch(族长),stomach(胃),monarch(君主)等。
误: | As we all know, cattle have four stomaches. |
正: | As we all know, cattle have four stomachs. | (众所周知,牛有四个胃。) |
(2)名词词尾为o,复数不只有加es的情况,有时须直接加s而非es
① | 误: | My uncle has two pianoes in his house. |
正: | My uncle has two pianos in his house. | |
(我舅舅家有两部钢琴。) |
② | 误: | Too many portfolioes had been lost before we figured out what had happened. |
正: | Too many portfolios had been lost before we figured out what had happened. | |
(在弄清到底发生何事之前,我们已经丢失了太多的作品集了。) |
* 我们一直认为o结尾的单词复数加es,其实不然。只有o前面为辅音,复数才加es,而且还有例外(如句①)。
如:solo(独唱),two(两样东西),piano(钢琴),zero(零)等,直接加s。
o前面为元音时,变成复数须直接加s(如句②)。
如:bamboo(竹),portfolio(文件夹、作品集),embryo(胚胎),cuckoo(杜鹃)等。
名词复数变换形式较多,还有一些情况只能等下篇再作讨论。好好学习好本期内容,同时请锁定我们的下一期。
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