The adjective for Sumatra — belonging to that island, or coming from it. You will meet it most often stuck to the front of an animal name, because several animals live only there and nowhere else on earth: the Sumatran tiger, the Sumatran rhino, the Sumatran elephant, the Sumatran orangutan.

The adjective for Sumatra這是蘇門答臘（Sumatra）的形容詞 — belonging to that island, or coming from it表示屬於那座島，或來自那座島。You will meet it most often stuck to the front of an animal name你最常看到它擺在動物名稱前面, because several animals live only there and nowhere else on earth因為有好幾種動物只活在那座島上，世界其他地方都沒有: the Sumatran tiger, the Sumatran rhino, the Sumatran elephant, the Sumatran orangutan像蘇門答臘虎、蘇門答臘犀牛、蘇門答臘象、蘇門答臘紅毛猩猩。

All of these are in serious danger of dying out, so the word shows up constantly in nature writing and news about conservation.

All of these are in serious danger of dying out這些動物全都瀕臨絕種, so the word shows up constantly in nature writing and news about conservation所以這個字經常出現在自然書寫和保育相關的新聞裡。

It also describes other things from the island: Sumatran coffee, a Sumatran earthquake, Sumatran forest. The same word can be a noun as well, meaning a person from Sumatra ("she is a Sumatran"), though in ordinary talk people more often say "she's from Sumatra". It always takes a capital S, like all adjectives made from place names.

It also describes other things from the island它也可以形容來自這座島的其他東西: Sumatran coffee, a Sumatran earthquake, Sumatran forest像蘇門答臘咖啡、蘇門答臘地震、蘇門答臘森林。The same word can be a noun as well這個字也可以當名詞用, meaning a person from Sumatra指來自蘇門答臘的人 ("she is a Sumatran")（像"she is a Sumatran"她是蘇門答臘人）, though in ordinary talk people more often say "she's from Sumatra"不過一般口語裡大家更常說"she's from Sumatra"。It always takes a capital S它一定要大寫S, like all adjectives made from place names就跟所有由地名變來的形容詞一樣。