teacher, actor, engineer, actress, musician, scientist 2. 抽象名词和集体名词后缀
-age, -ure, -ity, -ment, -ion, -ism, -y, -al, -ness, -ship, -hood,-ance, -th, -dom marriage, failure, creativity, employment, education, bilingualism,
a man——men
a woman——women
a tooth——teeth
a foot——feet
a child——children a goose—geese(鹅)
如:fish,deer,sheep,Chinese。 注:fish 虽有复数形式,但其复数 不表示数量,而表示种类。
a mouse —mice(老鼠)an ox——oxen(牛)
eg. Let’s go for a walk.
• 其他转化法 adj – noun
• Dear adj. 亲爱的 – n. 亲爱的人 • Total adj. 全部的 – n. 总数 • Quiet adj. 安静的 – n. 安静 • Pink adj. 粉色的 – n. 粉色
eg. All students have donated to this charitable activity, and the total is RMB 2,000.
派生法:Adding a prefix or suffix
prefix
suffix
negative
noun
adj
other
adv
verb
Prefix:un-, in/im/il/ir-, dis-, mis-