Adjective 形容詞

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What is an adjective? 甚麼是形容詞？
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun.
" F0 u$ D- ^. a. z; P形容詞是用來形容句子中的名詞或代名詞的。

(1) An adjective can describe the quality or characteristics of people or objects.
形容詞可以用來形容人物或事物的屬性或特質。
7 U. T  F6 u  Q$ k. j1 w" J8 r! C--- big, yellow, wooden, round, beautiful, young, happy, etc

6 H- e4 U2 c6 l9 Z% N- N& H& A(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。
--- some, any, all, no, enough, many, few, much, little, several
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(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。
' u; w. X+ o% X; `4 B% fBefore the noun:
# w7 n. {1 C$ l) cThis is a beautiful girl.
* R1 N* ]+ _6 D! u8 O' L& sAfter the verb:
; S3 p6 K# C0 y- ^. v' y( kThe girl is beautiful.
4 G  N% J1 A- ^2 Q# n1 L*Despite the different positions of the adjective, "beautiful" in both of the sentences above is describing the "girl".
*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"。
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4 o1 Y& Y+ o) [5 {- I+ v(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。
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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。
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General order 整體次序:
opinion >> fact
Opinion: 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。
--- It is a dirty round box. (*not a round dirty box)

Among the FACT adjectives, there is also a normal order:
size >> shape >> age >> colour >> origin >> material
--- It is a dirty round wooden box. (*not a dirty wooden round box)         
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