1、小学名词复数规则1一般情况下,直接加-s,如:book-books, bag-bags, cat-cats, bed-beds2以 s. x. sh. ch 结尾,加 -es,如:bus-buses, box-boxes, brush-brushes, watch-watches3以辅音字母结尾的词,变为加,如,family-families, strawberry-strawberries 等;以 y 结尾的专有名词,或以元音字母结尾的名词变复数时,直接加变复数,如 two Marys, , (楼层);如: 4.以 o 结尾的名词,变复数时: a. 加 s,如: photo-photos p
2、iano-pianos radio-radios zoo-zoos; b. 加 es,如:potato-potatoes tomato-tomatoes c. 均可,如:zero-zeros / zeroes5.以 f 或 fe 结尾的名词变复数时: a. 加 s,如: belief-beliefs roof-roofs safe-safes gulf-gulfs; b. 去 f, fe 加 ves,如:half-halves knife-knives leaf-leaves wolf-wolves wife-wives life-lives thief-thieves; c. 均可,如: h
3、andkerchief-handkerchiefs / handkerchieves6.不规则名词复数:1)man-men, woman-women, policeman-policemen, policewoman-policewomen, mouse-mice, 注意:与 man 和 woman 构成的合成词,其复数形式也是 -men 和-women。 如: an Englishman,two Englishmen. 但German 不是合成词,故复数形式为 Germans;Bowman 是姓,其复数是 the Bowmans。2)没有规律的特殊形式:child-children, mou
4、se-mice, 3)把“oo”改为“ee”的复数形式。如: foot-feet, tooth-teeth,goose-geese, 4)单复数同形。 如:deer-deer,sheep-sheep,fish-fish, people-people, Chinese-Chinese, Japanese-Japanese,li ,jin,yuan,two li,three mu,four jin. 但除人民币元、角、分外,美元、英镑、法郎等都有复数形式。5)集体名词,以单数形式出现,但实为复数。 如: people police cattle 等本身就是复数,不能说 a people,a police,a cattle,但可以说 a person,a policeman,a head of cattle, the English,the British,the French,the Chinese,the Japanese,the Swiss 等名词,表示国民总称时,作复数用。