在英语里面,名词分可墙绅褡孛数名词(countable noun)和不可数名词(uncountabl髫潋啜缅e noun)。不可数名词没有单复数之分,用时只当单数词用;可数名词有单复数之分,一个的前面要用a或an,eg: a pencil, a basketball, a dictionary, an egg, an ID card,而复数即两个或两个以上的要作相应的变化,情况如下:
(1)一般的词在单数词后直接+“s”
book→books,pen→pens,car→cars,map→maps,cartoon→cartoons
(2)以s,x,sh,ch结尾的词+“es”
box→boxes,watch→watches
(3)以辅音字母+y结尾的名词去掉“y”,改成“i”,再加“es”
family→families,comedy→comedies
(4)以f或fe结尾的词,先去掉f或fe,改成“v”再加es
knife→knives,wife→wives,handkerchief→handkerchieves
(5) 特殊词,特殊变化,需单独记:
child→children,man→men,foot→feet,woman→women
tooth→teeth,sheep→sheep,deer→deer
