Adjective 形容詞

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What is an adjective? 甚麼是形容詞？
4 S5 U/ ?: q. B7 SAn adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun.
形容詞是用來形容句子中的名詞或代名詞的。
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0 i, h8 }. H3 O9 `(1) An adjective can describe the quality or characteristics of people or objects.
- T7 g& |* \; a% \1 A! `形容詞可以用來形容人物或事物的屬性或特質。
" r* @! E9 d5 ^6 o--- big, yellow, wooden, round, beautiful, young, happy, etc
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7 n+ K" m) }* u( a, \9 |  J  j, G; `(2) An adjective can also describe the quantity of people or objects.
形容詞也可以用來形容人物或物件的數量。
2 x- Q* o% @  j  @  t( x4 O--- some, any, all, no, enough, many, few, much, little, several

" G8 r: b7 y/ c# `  J(3) An adjective can be used before the noun or after the verb.
形容詞可放在名詞前或動詞後。
Before the noun:
- {" Y+ L1 y5 z4 m9 UThis is a beautiful girl.
After the verb:
The girl is beautiful.
*Despite the different positions of the adjective, "beautiful" in both of the sentences above is describing the "girl".
% V5 E9 O1 t) V# J*儘管"beautiful"這個形容詞在以上兩句中的位置各有不同，但都是在形容"girl"。

(4) Generally, we can use 1 adjective or 2 adjectives together to describe a noun. We can also use 3 adjectives together but it unusual. And it is very unusual to use more than 3 adjectives.
普遍地，我們可以只用一個或兩個形容詞連在一起來形容一個名詞。我們也可以把三個形容詞連在一起使用，但這不是很常見的情況。而把多於三個形容詞連在一起使用，更是十分異常的。

When 2 or 3 adjectives are used together, they will follow a normal order.
當兩個或三個形容詞連在一起使用時，它們通常會按一個慣用的次序排列。

* T9 D' R9 t) N: n: }/ LGeneral order 整體次序:
opinion >> fact
4 H5 _! ?1 @; AOpinion: Your views towards something. 你對某人/物的意見或看法。Fact: The specific characteristics that describe something. 用來形容該人/物的特徵。
$ `* L: V9 T% R  [2 u9 L2 I4 g9 g--- It is a dirty round box. (*not a round dirty box)
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Among the FACT adjectives, there is also a normal order:
* j* F9 v8 u6 G$ V! L) V9 bsize >> shape >> age >> colour >> origin >> material
" s1 w: K) f, \--- It is a dirty round wooden box. (*not a dirty wooden round box)