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English · CEFR Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 11

I have two brothers 我有两个兄弟

学习 11 到 100 的数字(eleven~hundred)和复数 -s。许多语言不强制标记复数,学习者常漏掉 -s。英语在数字后的名词必须用复数:不是 two brother,而是 two brothers。还有一个不规则:child → children。

Two Brothers — 两个兄弟

  1. Emma Minsu, do you have brothers? 民秀,你有兄弟吗?
  2. Minsu Yes! I have two brother. 是的!我有两个兄弟。(错误:数字后要用复数——brothers)
  3. Emma Two brothers — with an -s. How old are they? "Two brothers"——要加 -s。他们多大了?
  4. Minsu My brothers are twelve and fifteen. 我的兄弟一个十二岁,一个十五岁。

One Hundred Students — 一百个学生

  1. Jack Minsu, are these your friends? 民秀,这些是你的朋友吗?
  2. Minsu Yes. I have twenty friend here. 是的。我这里有二十个朋友。(错误:复数——friends)
  3. Jack Twenty friends! And the teachers? 二十个朋友!那老师们呢?
  4. Minsu Three teachers, and one hundred students! 三位老师,还有一百个学生!
eleven

numeral 十一, 11

twelve

numeral 十二, 12

thirteen

numeral 十三, 13

fourteen

numeral 十四, 14

fifteen

numeral 十五, 15

sixteen

numeral 十六, 16

eighteen

numeral 十八, 18

nineteen

numeral 十九, 19

twenty

numeral 二十, 20

thirty

numeral 三十, 30

hundred

numeral 一百, 100

year

noun 年;岁

复数名词:-s

Explanation

英语用名词加 -s 来表示"不止一个":one brother → two brothers,one book → three books。大于 1 的数字后面,名词总是复数——不能说 "two brother"。大多数只加 -s,常见的不规则只有一个:child → children。很多语言不标记复数,所以容易漏掉 -s,但在英语里,数字后面的 -s 不是可有可无的。

Examples

  • I have two brothers. 我有两个兄弟。
  • She has three friends. 她有三个朋友。
  • They have five books. 他们有五本书。
  • I have one child. They have two children. (irregular) 我有一个孩子。他们有两个孩子。(不规则)

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