模糊语法:奶油们
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中文名词没有单数和复数之分,一个馅饼是馅饼,十个馅饼还是馅饼,从来没听说过:“我一口气吃了三个馅饼们。”
英文则不同,一个馅饼是 a meat pie,十个馅饼是 ten meat pies。“I ate three meat pies without taking a breath.”
但有的英文名词本身就是复数。人(person) 是单数,人民 (people) 是复数。两个人:two persons, 一群人:a bunch of people。然而,复数也可作单数,中国人民们:Chinese people, 中国各族人民:all Chinese ethnic peoples。。。。。。
再加上名词还有“可数”和“不可数”之分。馅饼可数: three meat pies. 但面包不可数:three loafs of bread.
如果语法还没把人绕糊涂,口语中的非语法更让人摸不着头脑。
上班路过麦当劳顺手买杯咖啡:“A large cup of coffee with two tubs of cream.”后来发现售货小姐看我眼神怪怪,再仔细听别人的:“A large coffee with two creams.”就算 coffee 一词已衍变成 “a cup of coffee”,可 “cream”还是不可数名词啊。今天早上一糊涂,说成了: “A large coffee with two cream.”售货小姐笑笑,改正我:“A large coffee with two creams.”
中文名词没有单数和复数之分,一个馅饼是馅饼,十个馅饼还是馅饼,从来没听说过:“我一口气吃了三个馅饼们。”
英文则不同,一个馅饼是 a meat pie,十个馅饼是 ten meat pies。“I ate three meat pies without taking a breath.”
但有的英文名词本身就是复数。人(person) 是单数,人民 (people) 是复数。两个人:two persons, 一群人:a bunch of people。然而,复数也可作单数,中国人民们:Chinese people, 中国各族人民:all Chinese ethnic peoples。。。。。。
再加上名词还有“可数”和“不可数”之分。馅饼可数: three meat pies. 但面包不可数:three loafs of bread.
如果语法还没把人绕糊涂,口语中的非语法更让人摸不着头脑。
上班路过麦当劳顺手买杯咖啡:“A large cup of coffee with two tubs of cream.”后来发现售货小姐看我眼神怪怪,再仔细听别人的:“A large coffee with two creams.”就算 coffee 一词已衍变成 “a cup of coffee”,可 “cream”还是不可数名词啊。今天早上一糊涂,说成了: “A large coffee with two cream.”售货小姐笑笑,改正我:“A large coffee with two creams.”
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