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.
/ Z2 E3 i6 B, _! E7 C" g形容詞是用來形容句子中的名詞或代名詞的。

: w$ @9 B5 u5 Z+ ]: \& X9 h3 k(1) An adjective can describe the quality or characteristics of people or objects.
: r( I! B& l. G4 t$ ]6 @% ~! T9 X形容詞可以用來形容人物或事物的屬性或特質。
1 `! a- n3 R, s1 Y9 `$ K( X--- big, yellow, wooden, round, beautiful, young, happy, etc
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(2) An adjective can also describe the quantity of people or objects.
$ i1 c' [+ C9 {' W形容詞也可以用來形容人物或物件的數量。
4 t1 A9 e# B7 T! T# ]( d--- some, any, all, no, enough, many, few, much, little, several
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7 \; R" N4 c9 E! T6 v: {5 S/ r1 }(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。
! C3 X. _# W" b% r  `Before the noun:
This is a beautiful girl.
" Q7 O* G# O8 DAfter the verb:
$ _& w3 P0 u4 g! H: z/ lThe girl is beautiful.
*Despite the different positions of the adjective, "beautiful" in both of the sentences above is describing the "girl".
2 L' j" \7 q. T. _*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"。

, h4 O+ u8 u7 Q' [1 M; c(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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% h0 V2 T6 |; A* WWhen 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。
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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。
7 m; J* K: g& o--- It is a dirty round box. (*not a round dirty box)

Among the FACT adjectives, there is also a normal order:
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7 ^0 ]2 Y) t' N1 S/ s# j--- It is a dirty round wooden box. (*not a dirty wooden round box)         
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