Limiting adjectives (限制 形容詞) (4)
d. Interrogative adjective (詢問形容詞)
上次我們解釋了this, that, these, those… 等字在某些情況下便不是指示代詞 (Demonstrative pronoun ) 而是指示形容詞 (Demonstrative adjectives)了。同樣,也曾在第二十五課介紹過的一些 詢問代名詞 (Interrogative pronoun),在某些情況下亦是會被視為詢問形容詞 (Interrogative adjective)。
詢問代名詞包括了:what, which, who, whom, whose… 等字。
以下是在第二十五課介紹過的詢問代名詞例子:
· What is that cat doing?
(中):那只貓在幹什麽?
· Which was the stolen car?
(中):哪輛是被偷了的車?
· Who called the police?
(中):誰叫了警察?
· Whom did Queen Elizabeth marry?
(中):伊麗莎白女皇許配了誰?
· Whose is this?
(中):這是誰的?
就用上一課裏同樣的道理,這些字在不同的句子構造下會被視為詢問形容詞 (Interrogative adjectives),就是在句子裏帶有被這些字形容的名詞的時候。我們用以上的例子作為稍改:
· What mischief is that cat up to? (What 是形容 mischief)
(中):那只貓在打什麽壞主意?
· Which car was stolen? (Which是形容car)
(中):哪輛車是被偷了的?
· Whose watch is this? (Whose是形容watch)
(中):這是誰的手錶?
(你會發現who 和 whom 例外 – 沒有作為詢問形容詞的機會 )
像指示形容詞一樣,詢問形容詞在句子裏一定是緊貼著名詞。
以下的精簡例子綜合了這一大類形容詞 (限制形容詞)與相似的代名詞的分別:
Pronoun or Adjective (代名詞或形容詞)
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Examples (例子)
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Indefinite pronoun (不定代詞):
Quantity adjective (數量形容詞):
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Many are called.
Many people are called.
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Possessive pronoun (擁有代詞):
Possessive adjective (擁有形容詞):
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This is my cat.
This is my cat.
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Demonstrative pronoun (指示代詞):
Demonstrative adjective (指示形容詞):
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This is my cat.
This cat is mine.
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Interrogative pronoun (詢問代詞):
Interrogative adjective (詢問形容詞):
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What is this?
What nonsense is this?
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