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。

(1) An adjective can describe the quality or characteristics of people or objects.
/ O( g. n. |: d3 Y形容詞可以用來形容人物或事物的屬性或特質。
--- big, yellow, wooden, round, beautiful, young, happy, etc

(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。
9 O: D( \$ h- i4 f3 [9 \" j) f--- some, any, all, no, enough, many, few, much, little, several

& t! A( t0 X/ R2 q7 t% {0 \" l(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。
Before the noun:
This is a beautiful girl.
After the verb:
The girl is beautiful.
*Despite the different positions of the adjective, "beautiful" in both of the sentences above is describing the "girl".
. X9 Z# |: j: @- L*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) 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.
; I+ r  \1 ?0 c# h& ~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。

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。
$ S" S2 s2 i3 y- ?% f1 ?: g--- 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
1 r; F3 S) h8 |- m6 L3 V4 r7 K--- It is a dirty round wooden box. (*not a dirty wooden round box)         
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