1. 1n/ælˈbeɪniən/Albanian person阿爾巴尼亞人

    A person who comes from , a small country in southeastern Europe, or who was born there or holds its passport.

    文法可數名詞:前面可以加 a/an,要表示複數時常常加 -s。

    Albanian 當名詞時,最基本的意思是「一個從阿爾巴尼亞來的人」。阿爾巴尼亞是歐洲東南邊的小國,在希臘北邊。這個字開頭一定要大寫 A。因為它是從國名 Albania 長出來的。單數是 an Albanian,複數是 Albanians。要講整個國家的人,可以說 the Albanians。同一個拼法也用來指語言。它還可以放在名詞前面當形容詞。所以要看它在句子裡的位置,才知道指的是人還是語言。

    示範例句 · Example

    My new neighbour is an Albanian, and she moved to Taipei three years ago.

    中文翻譯我的新鄰居是一個阿爾巴尼亞人,而她三年前搬到台北。

    Albanian with a capital A is the ordinary word for one person from that country. It is countable, so one person is an Albanian and more than one are Albanians. When you mean the people of the country as a whole, you can say the Albanians. The same spelling also names the language, and it can sit in front of a noun the way an adjective does, so the place it takes in the sentence is what tells you which use you are reading. Note the small difference in the endings: Albania is the country, Albanian is the person.

    常見搭配

    • an Albanian

      一個阿爾巴尼亞人

      one person from Albania

      Her husband is an Albanian.

    • millions of Albanians

      數百萬的阿爾巴尼亞人

      a very large number of Albanian people

      Millions of Albanians live outside the country.

    • the Albanians

      阿爾巴尼亞人(全體)

      the people of Albania as a whole

      The Albanians are proud of their coastline.

  2. 2n/ælˈbeɪniən/Albanian language阿爾巴尼亞語

    The language of , also spoken by Albanian people in Kosovo and other nearby places.

    文法不可數名詞:通常不加 a/an,也不加 -s 來表示複數。

    Albanian 也指阿爾巴尼亞語。那是阿爾巴尼亞的官方語言。科索沃和北馬其頓的阿爾巴尼亞人也說這個語言。當語言講的時候,前面不加 a,也不加 the。直接說 speak Albanian、learn Albanian、in Albanian。它一樣要大寫。英文所有語言名稱都大寫。這點跟中文很不一樣,寫的時候最容易忘。

    As a language name, Albanian is uncountable and takes no a and no the: she speaks Albanian, the book is in Albanian. Like every language name in English it keeps its capital letter. The same word also means a person from Albania, so look at what comes before it: a or the in front usually points to the person, while speak, learn, read, write and in front of it point to the language.

    常見搭配

    • speak Albanian

      說阿爾巴尼亞語

      to be able to use the Albanian language

      Do you speak Albanian?

    • in Albanian

      用阿爾巴尼亞語(寫/說)

      written or said using the Albanian language

      He wrote the letter in Albanian.

    • learn Albanian

      學阿爾巴尼亞語

      to study the Albanian language

      She decided to learn Albanian before the trip.

    • fluent Albanian

      流利的阿爾巴尼亞語

      Albanian spoken smoothly and easily

      The guide spoke fluent Albanian and good English.