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。

) D* D3 B$ w% D9 ?. q(1) An adjective can describe the quality or characteristics of people or objects.
9 b8 T8 K  H& }! }: V形容詞可以用來形容人物或事物的屬性或特質。
( q# i  y2 g, Z, _4 }* [9 b--- 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。
--- 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.
3 M% j" y+ X- P- z$ P( u; `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".
- T! L* j  L6 t* ?) E" Z$ G6 A*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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- L2 ]7 @/ A! E0 T% k2 a(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。

: v, u) ^; a# U: f0 lWhen 2 or 3 adjectives are used together, they will follow a normal order.
5 K$ E! ]9 U7 |6 n; I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。

2 e" F. `" H) D2 }& O8 lGeneral order 整體次序:
5 M4 |4 i: M0 ?( Qopinion >> 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。
4 T3 W2 W6 F# Q--- It is a dirty round box. (*not a round dirty box)

Among the FACT adjectives, there is also a normal order:
* m; Z! M& i5 c: E7 @) }size >> shape >> age >> colour >> origin >> material
. F" @: a, r! y- H! e% {--- It is a dirty round wooden box. (*not a dirty wooden round box)