Singular and Plural nouns

2006-11-22 2:23 am
By adding -es to niuns ending in -o
例:hero---heroes
tomato---tomatoes

By adding -s to some nouns endung in -o
例:radio---radios
bamboo---bamboos

點解一d nouns要+es,有d又要+s?佢話但煩個nouns後面有o,個nouns後面就要+es/s,咁+es點先+es?s又點先+s?姐係點就知係+es定係s?


By changing -y into -ies
例:baby---babies
fly---flies

By adding -s to some nouns ending in -o
例:boy---boys
key---keys

我想問點解有d nouns要變ies,有d又要靜係+s?點先知道個nouns要變定唔變?其實有d咩方法就知?請唔好俾個例子俾我,因為我係想知點解有d要變ies,有d又要變+s,點先係變ies,或者靜係+s?
更新1:

我仲想問有冇d網有得講解下有關Singular and Plural nouns 既問題?

回答 (4)

2006-11-22 3:46 am
✔ 最佳答案
英語的名詞有分 singluar 同 plural,絕大部份的plural 是singluar 的變化字。用 -s 、-es、-ies 還是其他字尾是有一定視律的。
Regular plural
大部份 plural 是在 singluar 加字尾 -s,尤其當本來的 singular發音以 voiceless consonant 結尾,voiceless consonant 包括[p]、[t]、[k]、[tʃ] (church)、[f]、[θ] (thistle, thigh)、[s]等等。





boy
boys


girl
girls


cat
cats


chair
chairs

但如 singular 發音以發絲音輔音(sibilant)結束如—[s]、 [z]等,加字尾 -es。




dish
dishes


glass
glasses


judge
judges


phase
phases


witch
witches



以上是大部份的singular 轉plural 的規律,但仍有其他如 -oes 及 -ies rules。
-oes rule
名詞以 o 結尾而 o 前面是一個 consonant,則 plural 用 -oes





hero
heroes

potato
potatoes

volcano
volcanoes
-ies rule
名詞以 y 結尾而 y 前面是一個 consonant,則删去y而用 -ies





cherry
cherries

lady
ladies
但如果名詞以 y 結尾而 y 前面是一個 vowel,則只加 -s





day
days

monkey
monkeys

其實還有一大堆 irregular plurals,嗰啲要靠死記。
要深入了解 singular 同 plural,請参閱下面網址。


2006-11-21 19:50:07 補充:
Sorry, there are typos. Singluar should read as singular.

2006-11-24 19:03:05 補充:
Tell me which part you don't understand. May be I can help.
2015-11-04 9:52 am
orange
2006-11-22 3:16 am
主要是發音問題

like boys:
if it"+es"-->O & I (i.e. 2 vowels together)--->can't pronounce
the same to "radios" and "bamboos"

when you learn phonetics,many similar problems will be solved.

2006-11-21 19:18:28 補充:
主要是發音問題like boys:if +es, then O & I (i.e. 2 vowels together)==> cannot pronouncethe same to radios and bamboos;when you learn phonetics,many similar problems will be solved.
參考: phonetics knowledge
2006-11-22 2:29 am
睇下個字既尾啦,
eg : bus s尾 唔通用buss? 為免咁所以buses


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