Bring and come; take and go

Take 和 bring 的意思是《拿》。

华语可以这样讲！

请你拿那本书来。 请你拿这本书去。

如果把上面的句子直接翻译成英语，就是错的

You please bring this book and come。（对）

 You please bring this book and go。(错)

在英语，take 须与go 配合， bring 须与come 配合。

正确的语法是：

You please bring this book  and come.

You please tae this book and go

Product 和 produce

Product 是产品的意思。 但它是工业产品，非农业产品。

农业产品不叫product，应叫produce。

Produce 可作动词也可当着名词。

What is the product of your country ?  你的国家的工业产品是什么？

What is the produce of your country?  你的国家的农业产品是什么？

但用在动词时，produce 就没有工业产品和农业产品之分！

My country produces electrical goods.   我国出产电器。

My country produces crops.   我国出产稻米。

cattle are ? cattle is ? Sheep are ? sheep is ?

一般人多认为英语的数量词很容易辨认，只要物体加上s 或es 就是多于一位数。如cups, tables, chairs, books, pictures , , diaries,ladies, 等等。这些东西有了s 就可配上 are, were 来用了！

但英语中，由许多的物体因其本身就属于复数形式(Plural form)，不配上s，es 等。如police, people, cattle, sheep, data . 如这些字配上了is ，was 就是错。

The cattle is running in the field.    错

The cattle are running in the field.   对

People is coming   错

People are coming   对

The police is working round the clock to hunt the murderer.   错

The police are working round the clock to hunt the murderer.  对

There is sheep in the farm    错

There are sheep in the farm   对

Data is stored in the pen-drive.  错

Data are stored in the pen-drive . 对

I wish I were ....

同样的，I wish 跟着是用了过去式( Past Tense ) 来表达不可能发生的事情。I wish 在英语中是属于假设语气(subjunctive ) :

如                                                    

I wish he were here

I wish I were rich

I wish today were Sunday

以上种种的情况都是不可能发生的事。

还有一点文法须注意的是，如果wish 是过去式(Past Tense)的wished。那么跟随的文法就是过去完成时态(Past Perfect Tense)。

 

I wished he had been here

I wished I had been rich

I wished today had been Sunday.

I wished he had gone to office

He wished he had bought that car.

She wished she had passed her examination.

怎样用英语来表达《不可能》的事情呢？

怎样用英语来表达《不可能》的事情呢？

在英语，如果你要表达不可能发生的事情，你可以用过去式(PAST  TENSE)来表达。

例：如果我是你的话， 我不会买！（我就是我，你就是你，那有可能，我变成你呢！）

英文的翻译是：If I were you, I will not buy it.

须注意的是过去式(PAST  TENSE)，我是用上了was 但在不可能情况下，是用were。

同样的，如果她是男的，她可以参赛！  If she were a boy, she can enter the competition.

以上不可能，不实际的事在英语是叫"Subjunctive mood"

参考以下的例子

If he were still alive, we surely have a great fun today,

If my boss were here today, all of us will be given a free meal for the celebration.

If I were Jacky Chan, I will now retire and enjoy my life.

Hundreds, thousands

在英语的数量词，超过一位数字，一般上都须加上《S》。如 two apples, three apples, four books, five cups 等等。

但在百 (Hundred)和千(Thousand)，却不一样。

不管是两百，三百，四百等，还是两千，三千和四千等等，《S》却配不上了。

One hundred, two hundred, three hundred,  one thousand, two thousand, three thousand 等，《S》是不用的！

但 扔掉数字如1，2，3，4，《S》就可用上了。

如 Hundreds of people, thousands of people,   hundreds of baskets,  thousands of visitors, hundreds of books 等。

I am home 还是I am at home ？

I am home 还是  I am at home？

Home 是抽象名词（abstract noun）不是实体名词。即是抽象，不可能《在》，所以，at是多余的。

抽象名词（abstract noun）是不需介词( Preposition ) to, at, on, it 等等。

其它的抽象名词（abstract noun）还有here，there。

我们不说 You go to there 或  you please come to here。　

我们只说：You go there 或 you please come here。

我们也不时听到：“You please see at here＂，这是错的，应该说：“You please see here”