名詞復(fù)數(shù)的不規(guī)則變化(一)

字號(hào):

1)child——children foot——feet tooth——teeth
    mouse——mice   man——men  woman——women
    注意:與 man 和 woman構(gòu)成的合成詞,其復(fù)數(shù)形式也是 -men 和-women.
    如: an Englishman,two Englishmen. 但German不是合成詞,故復(fù)數(shù)形式為Germans;Bowman是姓,其復(fù)數(shù)是the Bowmans.
    2)單復(fù)同形 如:
    deer,sheep,fish,Chinese,Japanese
    li,jin,yuan,two li,three mu,four jin
    但除人民幣元、角、分外,美元、英鎊、法郎等都有復(fù)數(shù)形式。如:
    a dollar, two dollars;  a meter, two meters
    3)集體名詞,以單數(shù)形式出現(xiàn),但實(shí)為復(fù)數(shù)。
    如: people police cattle 等本身就是復(fù)數(shù),不能說(shuō) a people,a police,a cattle,但可以說(shuō)
    a person,a policeman,a head of cattle,the English,the British,the French,the Chinese,the Japanese,the Swiss 等名詞,表示國(guó)民總稱(chēng)時(shí),作復(fù)數(shù)用。
    如: The Chinese are industries and brave. 中國(guó)人民是勤勞勇敢的。