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文法
句子︱文
一月
一個月
十月
土個月 |
January
one month
October
ten months |
三日
十日
三十日
三十一日 |
three days
ten days
thirty days
thirty-one days |
我們
你們
他們
她們
牠們／它們 |
we
you (plural)
they, them (masculine)
they, them (feminine)
they, them (neutral) |
一個人
一個中國人 |
one person
one Chinese person / one Chinese |
| Ａ是Ｂ。 |
A is B. (A and B are one and the
same person, idea, place, time, or thing.) |
| Ａ不是Ｂ。 |
A is not B. (A and B are not one
and the same person, idea, place, time, or thing.) |
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Ａ是不是Ｂ﹖
他是不是美國人﹖
她是不是高﹖
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Isn't A B?
Eg. - Isn't he a USAmerican?
(Are not A and B one and the same person, idea, place, time,
or thing?)
Eg. - Isn't she tall?
(A and B are not one and the same person, idea, place, time,
or thing, but doesn't A have the attribute B?)
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| Ａ是不是不Ｂ? |
Isn't A not B? (Is it not true that
A and B are not one and the same person, idea, place, time, or
thing?) |
| Ａ不是Ｂ，Ａ是Ｃ。 |
A is not B, A is C. (A and B are
not one in the same person, idea, place, or thing, but A and
C are.) |
| Ａ不是Ｄ，Ｂ不是Ｄ，Ｃ不是Ｄ。 |
Neither A, B, nor C is D. (A, B,
and C are different from D. They are not one an the same person,
idea, place, time, or thing.) |
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你是不是Ａ國人﹖
你是不是中國人﹖
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Are you a person from country A?
Eg. - Are you Chinese?
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他是Ａ國人。
他是中國人。
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He is a person from country A.
Eg. - He is Chinese.
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我們是Ａ國人。
我們是中國人。
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We are people from country A.
Eg. - We are Chinese.
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十二個月是一年。
三十日是一個月。
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Twelve months make a year. / There are twelve months in a
year.
Thirty days make a month. / There are thirty days in a month.
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| 一年有十二個月 |
One year has twelve months.
One year consists of twelve months.
One year is made up of twelve months.
One year contains twelve months. |
| ＡＢ。 |
A is B.
A has the attribute B. |
| Ａ不Ｂ。 |
A is not B. (A does not have the
attribute B. |
| ＡＣ，ＢＤ。 |
A is C and B is D. (A has the attribute
C, and B the attribute D. |
| Ａ不Ｃ，Ｂ不Ｄ。 |
A is not C and B is not D. (A does
not have the attribute C, and B does not have the attribute D. |
| Ａ不Ｄ，Ｂ不Ｄ，Ｃ不Ｄ。 |
Neither A, B, nor C is D.
Neither A, B, nor C has the attribute D. |
| Ａ不Ｄ，Ｂ不Ｄ，ＣＤ不Ｄ﹖ |
A is not D, B is not D, is C D?
Neither A nor B have the attribute D, does C? |
ＡＢ不Ｂ﹖
他高不高﹖ |
Is A B? (Does A have the quality B?)
Is he tall?
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| ＡＤ，ＢＤ，是不是﹖ |
Aren't both A and B D?
Do not both A and B share the same attribute D? |
| ＡＣ，ＢＤ，是不是﹖ |
Is not A C and B D?
Does A not have the attribute C and B the attribute D? |
| Ａ有Ｂ。 |
A has B.
A contains B.
A includes B.
A consits of B.
A is made up of B.
A has the attribute B. |
| Ａ是不是有Ｂ﹖ |
Does A have B?
Does A contain B?
Does A include B? |
| Ａ有Ｂ，是不是﹖ |
A has B, doesn't A? (Is it not true
that A has B?) |
| Ａ有一個。 |
A has one (of something, whatever
that something is that can be counted with the 個 counter). |
| 有十個Ａ，十個Ｂ |
There are 10 of A and 10 of B. (B
is countable using the 個 counter.) |
是不是有一個Ａ﹖
是不是有一個人﹖
是不是有一個英國人﹖ |
Is there an A? Is there something or someone there that is
A?
Eg. - Is anyone there?
Eg. - Is there an Englishman / Englishwoman there?
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三年是不是有三土二個月﹖
不是。
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Are three years not thirty two months?
No, they are not!
Don't three years make thirty-two months?
No they don't!
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