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    The word you use for a person from Yemen, or for anything belonging to Yemen. It works two ways.

    The word you use就是你會用的這個字for a person from Yemen指從葉門來的人,or for anything belonging to Yemen或屬於葉門的任何東西。It works two ways它有兩種用法。

    As a noun it means a person: 'She is a Yemeni', 'three Yemenis came to the meeting' — and note the plural takes a normal -s, Yemenis. As an adjective it goes in front of a noun and means 'of Yemen': Yemeni food, the Yemeni government, a Yemeni passport, Yemeni Arabic.

    As a noun當名詞用it means a person它是指一個人:'She is a Yemeni'(她是葉門人)、'three Yemenis came to the meeting'(三個葉門人來開會了)——and note the plural takes a normal -s要注意複數是規則的加s,Yemenis就是Yemenis。As an adjective當形容詞用it goes in front of a noun它放在名詞前面and means 'of Yemen'意思是「葉門的」:Yemeni food葉門食物、the Yemeni government葉門政府、a Yemeni passport葉門護照、Yemeni Arabic葉門阿拉伯語。

    The definition line above describes the country; the word itself is the people-and-things word made from that country's name. Always a capital Y, like Japanese or .

    The definition line above描述前面那行定義describes the country講的是這個國家;the word itself這個字本身is the people-and-things word made from that country's name是從那個國家名字造出來、指人和物的字。Always a capital Y永遠要大寫Y,like Japanese or Taiwanese就像Japanese或Taiwanese一樣。

    Careful with one thing: for the language, we do not say 'he speaks Yemeni' — the language of Yemen is Arabic, and if you want to be exact you say 'Yemeni Arabic', which is a way of speaking Arabic, not a separate language. This is different from how 'Japanese' or 'Korean' work, where the country word is also the language word, and that is exactly where students slip.

    Careful with one thing要小心一件事:for the language講到語言的時候,we do not say 'he speaks Yemeni'我們不會說he speaks Yemeni——the language of Yemen is Arabic葉門的語言是阿拉伯語,and if you want to be exact如果要講精確一點,you say 'Yemeni Arabic'會說Yemeni Arabic,which is a way of speaking Arabic意思是阿拉伯語的一種說法,not a separate language而不是一個獨立的語言。This is different from how 'Japanese' or 'Korean' work這跟Japanese或Korean的情況不一樣,where the country word is also the language word那兩個字國家名稱和語言名稱是同一個字,and that is exactly where students slip而這正是學生最容易搞混的地方。

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現, 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

    看看訂閱內容

組成Yemen + -i. The ending -i is borrowed from Arabic and Persian, where it does the same job as English -ish or -ese: it turns a place name into 'belonging to that place'.

同家族的字

  • Iraqisame borrowed -i ending on a place name: Iraq + -i
  • Israelisame borrowed -i ending on a place name: Israel + -i
  • Pakistanisame borrowed -i ending on a place name: Pakistan + -i
  • YemenYemeni is simply Yemen with the -i ending added

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Yemeniadj/ˈjɛ.mə.ni/

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    Of, from or relating to Yemen, or the Yemeni people.

    • “It’s getting a little bit stressful,” Nasser said. A Yemeni cafe requires Yemeni coffee. And Nasser, who plans to open many more Yemeni cafes, needs a lot more beans.
    • I speak of Yemeni bodega owners and Mexican abuelas.

Yemeninoun/ˈjɛ.mə.ni/

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    A native or inhabitant of Yemen or of Yemeni descent.

    • Fellow Yemenis make up a small percentage of the new owners.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。