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.
形容詞是用來形容句子中的名詞或代名詞的。
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3 p/ `' L# Q/ c5 `. {; F$ n(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。
8 {' c$ ~; Y) y& u) `( W2 ~6 Q--- big, yellow, wooden, round, beautiful, young, happy, etc

3 ~8 J' \& t) a0 u* h% j(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

(3) An adjective can be used before the noun or after the verb.
) j0 b, _9 z/ k. `3 C形容詞可放在名詞前或動詞後。
Before the noun:
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: l1 a! j/ S$ ~6 {7 gThe girl is beautiful.
*Despite the different positions of the adjective, "beautiful" in both of the sentences above is describing the "girl".
& d% }+ w, ~: q: }; c! G! G5 u*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"。

(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。

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。

$ I5 D7 I3 V+ A1 q  S# CGeneral order 整體次序:
opinion >> fact
: F# t2 I* n2 j6 A+ ~/ @  Q0 C) _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)
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Among the FACT adjectives, there is also a normal order:
size >> shape >> age >> colour >> origin >> material
, i3 T" M1 B8 V--- It is a dirty round wooden box. (*not a dirty wooden round box)         
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