- 1n/ˈt͡ʃɑk.tɔ/the Choctaw people喬克托族（美洲原住民族）
The Choctaw are a Native American people whose homeland is in the southeastern United States, mainly Mississippi, with a large community today in Oklahoma. In this use the word comes after the and means the whole people, so the verb after it is plural.
文法複數：這個意思要用複數形式。
英文有一小群族名是這樣用的。像 the Choctaw、the Cherokee、the Sioux。這種用法有三個地方要留意。第一，the 是這個講法的一部分。因為你指的是整個民族，不是某一種人。第二，後面的動詞用複數。所以說 the Choctaw have，不說 the Choctaw has。第三，這個字通常不加 -s，雖然 Choctaws 也有人用。C 一定要大寫。這是英文所有族名的規矩。喬克托族原本住在美國東南部，主要在密西西比州。今天在奧克拉荷馬州也有很大的社群。要講「一個族人」的時候形狀會變，那是下一個意思。
示範例句 · Example
We read about the Choctaw in history class last week.
中文翻譯我們上星期在歷史課讀到了喬克托族。
English has a small group of people-names that work this way: the Choctaw, the Cherokee, the Sioux. Three things about the form are worth noticing. The is part of it, because you are naming one whole group and not a type of person. The verb is plural, so we say the Choctaw have, not the Choctaw has. And the word usually stays the same with no -s, though Choctaws is also used. Capital C is required, as with every people-name in English. When you mean one person rather than the group, the shape changes, and that is the next sense.
常見搭配
the Choctaw Nation
喬克托族（作為一個有政府的民族）
the Choctaw people as an organised nation with its own government
The Choctaw Nation runs several schools.
Choctaw history
喬克托族的歷史
the history of the Choctaw people
The class spent a week on Choctaw history.
a Choctaw community
一個喬克托族社群
a group of Choctaw people living in one place
There is a Choctaw community in Oklahoma.
意思相近
the Choctaw Nation
- 2n/ˈt͡ʃɑk.tɔ/a Choctaw person喬克托族人
One person who belongs to the Choctaw people, or who has Choctaw family and heritage.
文法可數名詞：前面可以加 a/an，要表示複數時常常加 -s。
這是可數的用法。所以它像一般名詞一樣運作。可以說 a Choctaw、two Choctaws、every Choctaw。這裡的複數通常是 Choctaws。而講整個民族時多半保持原形，像 the Choctaw。實際的文章裡也常看到比較完整的說法。像 a Choctaw man、a Choctaw writer。很多人偏好那種講法，因為聽起來比較自然、也比較尊重。單獨用 a Choctaw 沒有錯，只是比較平。C 一律大寫。
This is the countable use, so it behaves like an ordinary noun: a Choctaw, two Choctaws, every Choctaw. The plural is usually Choctaws here, while the group sense keeps the plain form after the. In real writing you will also often see the fuller phrases a Choctaw man, a Choctaw woman, a Choctaw writer, and many people prefer those; the bare noun is correct but plainer. Capital C stays in every use.
常見搭配
a Choctaw man / woman
一位喬克托族的男性／女性
a man or woman of the Choctaw people
A Choctaw woman opened the ceremony.
of Choctaw heritage
有喬克托族血緣／文化背景
having Choctaw ancestors and family background
He is of Choctaw heritage on his mother's side.
a Choctaw elder
一位喬克托族長者
an older, respected member of the Choctaw people
A Choctaw elder opened the meeting with a song.
意思相近
Choctaw person