adjective 的d 和 ing 的分別

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其實只要知道那個動詞 (verb) 本身的意思，便可以知道何時用現在分詞 (present participle 即是 ing)或過去分詞 (past participle 即是 ed)，不需要死記（當然，我們至少要記得個動詞的意思）。

例如：bore 的意思是悶倒，He bores me 即是「他悶倒我」或「他令我很悶」，那麼我們便會用 -ing form 去形容主詞 (subject)，即是令人悶倒那位，會用 -ed form 去形容受詞 (object) ，即是被人悶倒或感到悶那位，所以，從 He bores me 中，我們可以說 He is boring 及 I am bored 。

再舉一個例子：satisfy 的意思是滿足，我們寫 He satisfies me 來表達「他滿足我」或「他使我滿足」，所以 satisfying 解作使人滿足，satisfied 解作被人滿足或感到滿足。

所以，有些人會說 -ed form 是形容人的感受，這說法對大部分動詞來說都是正確，因為很多動詞的受詞都會牽涉一些感受，這不失為一個幫助記憶的方法。


2.

其實，當用 -ing form 或 -ed form 做形容詞時，在形容詞前面一定有一個 verb to be (即是 is/are/was/were 等等) 或其他動詞為句子的動詞，例如 I feel bored 中的 feel 及 He was boring 中的 was，所以跟一句簡單過去式的句子（例如 He bored me）是有分別的。

反而， 有 -ed form 形容詞的句子可以跟被動式 (passive voice) 句子是沒有分別，例如在 I am bored 中，我們可以說 bored 是形容詞，也可以說 am bored 是簡單現在式的被動式，但這並不帶出任何問題，因為無論我們怎樣分析這句子，他的意思都是一樣：「我感到悶」或「我被悶倒」。

1. Bored is used to describe a feeling of being bored with something(passive meaning)
e.g. I am bored with this movie. (like passive voice)
That means I think this movie is boring
Boring is used to describe something that bores someone(usually ourselves)
e.g. I am dying to leave to cinema because of this boring movie. (more active)
2. No. It has a rule. If it is an adjective like bored/boring, there must be a verb to be before to adjective.
For example, It is boring to watch this movie.
Bored and boring can also describe a person that really us lose our interest.
e.g. He is boring as he is always talking something that only he is interested.
If not, it is a past tense. He went to school.

2007-08-19 13:48:41 補充：
It should be Bored and boring can also describe a person that really make us to lose our interest.e.g. He is boring as he is always talking something that only he is interested.If not, it is a past tense. He went to school.

其実真係冇得分辨，可以話....只係死記！