Adjective Order in English - English Grammar Lesson

Oh, hello.

哦你好。我是奧利。歡迎來到 Oxford Online English。對不起，我只是站在這裡。我

I'm Oli.

Welcome to Oxford Online English.

Sorry, I'm just standing here.

I'm drinking a cup of a strong Italian black coffee.

喝一杯濃烈的意大利黑咖啡。 等等，這是黑色的意大利濃咖啡嗎？那

Wait, is it black Italian strong coffee?

That doesn't sound right.

聽起來不對勁。意大利黑強 咖啡？無論如何，在本課中你可以學習

Italian black strong coffee?

Anyway, in this lesson you can learn how to put adjectives in the right order.

如何將形容詞按正確的順序排列。

Let's go back to the example I was having so many problems with.

讓我們回到我的例子 這麼多問題。你想用

You want to use the words "coffee," "black," "Italian," and "strong" all together.

單詞“coffee”，“black”，“Italian”和“strong” 全部一起。他們可以有很多不同的東西

They can go in many different orders.

命令。哪個是對的？ “強烈的黑人意大利人 咖啡，“”強烈的意大利黑咖啡，“”黑色

Which is correct?

"Strong black Italian coffee," "Strong Italian black coffee," "Black strong Italian coffee,"

強烈的意大利咖啡，“”黑色意大利濃咖啡 咖啡，“”意大利黑濃咖啡，“或

"Black Italian strong coffee," "Italian black strong coffee," or "Italian strong black coffee?"

“意大利濃咖啡？”你是什​​麼 認為？只有一種可能性，或者是

What do you think?

Is there only one possibility, or is there more than one right answer?

有不止一個正確的答案？想一想 它。

Think about it.

There is only one possibility, "strong black Italian coffee."

只有一種可能性，“強烈的黑色 意大利咖啡。“你知道為什麼會這樣

Do you know why this is the right answer?

正確答案？在英語中我們使用幾個 形容詞之前的形容詞

In English when we use several adjectives before a noun, the adjectives have to go in

按特定順序排列。當然是你的 如果你做一個，意思仍然是清楚的

a particular order.

Of course your meaning will still be clear if you make a mistake with adjective order.

形容詞順序錯誤。這不是一個大問題 問題。但是，它特別引人注目

It's not a big problem.

However, it is very noticeable especially to native speakers if someone makes a mistake

如果有人犯了錯誤，以母語為母語 用形容詞順序。

with adjective order.

So if you want your English to sound correct and natural, you need to learn how to use

所以，如果你想要你的英語聽起來正確 而且很自然，你需要學習如何使用

adjectives in the correct order.

形容詞的順序正確。開始吧 您可以使用一個簡單的規則。規則

Let's start with a simple rule that you can use.

Rule number one: opinions go first, facts go second.

第一：意見第一，事實第二。 形容詞順序的完整規則，其中

The full rules for adjective order, which you'll see in a minute, are complicated and

你會在一分鐘內看到，很複雜 不太實際。但是，有一個簡單的

not very practical.

However, there is a simple rule which you can use.

您可以使用的規則。

Adjectives which describe an opinion go before adjectives which describe a fact.

描述觀點的形容詞出現之前 描述事實的形容詞。例如，

For example, adjectives like 'nice', 'beautiful', 'useful', or 'delicious' all describe opinions.

形容詞如'nice'，'beautiful'，'useful'， 或者“美味”都描述了意見。只是

Just because you describe something as delicious, it doesn't mean that everybody will agree

因為你描述的東西很美味 這並不意味著每個人都會同意

with you.

和你。形容詞如'big'，'new'，'green'， 或'絲綢'描述事實。花點時間，試試吧

Adjectives like 'big', 'new', 'green', or 'silk' describe facts.

Take a second, try to think of some more adjectives which describe opinions or facts.

想一些描述的形容詞 意見或事實。

Think about it.

想一想。現在讓我們看看我們的規則 一些例子的行動。 “他們住在一個

Now let's see our rule in action with some examples.

"They live in a beautiful old house on the edge of the city."

美麗的老房子在城市的邊緣。“ “我們有一些美味的韓國料理

"We had some delicious Korean food with some friends."

朋友們。“”你為什麼穿那些醜陋的人 紫色長褲？“”她有一個有趣的

"Why are you wearing those ugly purple trousers?"

"She has an interesting new perspective on the economic situation."

對經濟形勢的新觀點。“ 在所有這些句子中，我們使用了兩個形容詞

In all of these sentences, we used two adjectives before a noun, and you can see that the adjective

在一個名詞之前，你可以看到形容詞 意見首先是形容詞

of opinion goes first and the adjective of fact goes second.

事實上是第二位。

Rule two: general ideas go before specific ideas.

規則二：一般的想法在具體之前 想法。還有另一個一般規則

There's another general rule which works well if you don't know the correct word order.

如果你不知道正確的單詞，那麼效果很好 訂購。形容一般的形容詞

Adjectives which describe a general idea go before adjectives which describe a specific

想法在描述a的形容詞之前去 具體的想法。例如，如果你說，“A

idea.

For example, if you say, "A long wooden table."

長木桌。“'長'這個詞更多 一般。

The word 'long' is more general.

Many things can be long in many different ways.

許多事情可能很長很多不同 方法。一條街可以很長，一個故事，或一個

A street can be long, a story, or a speech can be long.

演講可以很長。你可以度過漫長的一天 等等。 '木'更具體。通常

You can have a long day and so on.

'Wooden' is more specific.

Generally speaking, something can only be wooden if it's actually made of wood.

說來，如果有的東西只能是木製的 它實際上是用木頭做的。所以我們把'長'

So we put 'long' first and we say, "A long wooden table."

首先，我們說，“一張長木桌。”能夠 你會想到任何其他形容詞

Can you think of any other adjectives which have a general meaning?

一般意義？

Adjectives like 'old', 'hot', or 'small' all have a general meaning because they can be

形容詞如'old'，'hot'或'small'都是 具有一般意義，因為它們可以

used with many different meanings to describe many different things.

使用了許多不同的含義來描述 許多不同的事情。另一方面，

On the other hand, adjectives like 'green', 'French' or 'straight' are more specific.

形容詞如'green'，'French'或'straight' 更具體。如果有東西是綠色的，

If something is green, that's quite a specific idea.

這是一個非常具體的想法。好的，我們來吧 通過一些例子看到這條規則的實際應用。

Okay, let's see this rule in action with some examples.

"He works for a small Canadian company."

“他為一家小型加拿大公司工作。” “一世 喜歡這些古老的黑白電影。“”我們

"I love these old black-and-white films."

"We bought a new leather sofa for the living room."

為起居室買了一個新的真皮沙發。“ “我需要買一件非常溫暖的羊毛帽子。”

"I need to buy a really warm woolly hat."

Again, we used two adjectives with each noun.

同樣，我們使用了每個名詞的兩個形容詞。 在每種情況下，形容詞都比較一般

In each case, the adjective with a more general meaning goes first, and the adjective with

意義先行，形容詞有 更具體的含義排在第二位。

a more specific meaning goes second.

Okay, point three, let's look at the full rule.

好的，第三點，讓我們看看完整的 規則。我們之前說過完整的規則

We said before that the full rule for adjective order is quite complicated.

形容詞順序很複雜。我 向您展示您的興趣。你是

I'm showing you just for your interest.

Are you ready?

準備？完整的規則是：意見，規模，其他 品質，年齡，膚色或圖案，國籍

The full rule is: opinion, size, other qualities, age, color or pattern, nationality and then

然後是材料。好的？所以我們可以說 例如，“她買了一個美麗的長暖

material.

Okay?

So we could say for example, "She bought a beautiful long warm new black-and-white striped

新款黑白條紋意大利真絲圍巾。“ 我們有意見，'美麗';大小，'長';

Italian silk scarf."

We have opinion, 'beautiful'; the size, 'long'; another quality, 'warm'; an age, 'new'; a

另一種品質，'溫暖';一個年齡，'新';一個 顏色，'黑白';一種模式，'條紋';

color, 'black-and-white'; a pattern, 'striped'; nationality, 'Italian'; and the material,

國籍，'意大利';和材料， '絲'。

'silk'.

那麼，你需要知道這個規則嗎？不，不是 真。首先，它太複雜了。

So, do you need to know this rule?

No, not really.

First of all, it's too complicated.

You can't carry this around in your head and use it when you speak.

你不能把它帶到腦袋裡 說話時用它。其次，非常

Secondly, it's very rare that we use more than two or three adjectives with a noun;

我們使用兩個或三個以上的形容詞很少見 用名詞;它幾乎從未發生過。和

it almost never happens.

And three, native speakers don't always follow these rules, especially when there are more

三，母語人士並不總是跟隨 這些規則，特別是當有更多規則時

than two or three adjectives.

超過兩三個形容詞。所以它沒有 在這些情況下你做了多少事情。

So it doesn't matter so much what you do in those cases.

However, this doesn't mean that adjective order doesn't matter, it does.

但是，這並不意味著形容詞 順序沒關係，確實如此。

If you make a mistake like, "She has black straight short hair," this sounds a bit strange,

如果你犯了一個錯誤，“她有黑色 直發短髮，“這聽起來有點奇怪，

a bit wrong, and native speakers will hear and notice mistakes like these.

有點不對勁，母語人士會聽到 並註意這些錯誤。好的，部分

Okay, part four, let's look at some advice you can use, and let's review what we've talked

四，讓我們來看看你可以使用的一些建議， 讓我們回顧一下我們所談論的內容。

about.

Point one: trust your instinct.

第一點：相信你的直覺。如果它聽起來 對，它可能是。如果聽起來不對勁，

If it sounds right, it probably is.

If it sounds wrong, it probably is.

它可能是。第二點：記住基本的 規則：一般在具體之前，意見之前

Point two: remember the basic rules: general before specific, opinion before fact.

事實。

These rules can help you in most of the situations you will meet in everyday speaking.

在大多數情況下，這些規則可以幫助您 你會在日常生活中見面。那是

That's the end of the lesson.

課程結束。非常感謝 觀看。希望你覺得它有用。你呢

Thanks very much for watching.

I hope you found it useful.

Do you want some more practice with this?

想要更多練習嗎？好吧，檢查一下 我們的課程的完整版本

Well, check out the full version of the lesson on our website, oxfordonlineenglish.com.

網站，oxfordonlineenglish.com。您可以 還可以看到許多其他免費英語課程。

You can also see many other free English lessons.

That's all for today.

這就是今天的一切。再次感謝！我會明白的 你下次。再見！

Thanks again!

I'll see you next time.

Bye-bye!