第1个回答 2012-10-16
可数名词复数形式的构成方法:
规则变化:(1)名词后有直接加s,例如:grade-grades
(2)以字母ch, sh, s, x结尾的名词后加-es,如:watch, brush, bus, box, fox注意字母o结尾名词:tomato(es), potato(es), photo(s), zoo(s), radio(s)
(3)以辅音字母加y结尾的名词,改y为i再加es,如:family-families, city-cities
(4)以字母f, fe结尾的名词,改f, fe为v,再加-es,如:knife-knives, life-lives,(leaf, thief)
(5)不规则变化:child-children, woman-women, man-men, foot-feet, tooth-teeth, mouse-mice
(6)单复数形式相同的名词:sheep, Japanese, Chinese, fish
(7)“people”作“人们”解时,无单数形式,如many people,“一个人”时要说a person
(8) clothes无单数形式,不能与具体数词连用,可以说new clothes,但不能说a new clothes,而应该说a new coat
(9)trousers, glasses(眼镜),scissors只用复数形式
(10)thanks,congratulations常用复数形式
(四)注意有些名词既可作可数名词,也可作不可数名词,如:fish, time, glass, orange, noise, hair, chicken