ForumSinsi - 2006 Yılından Beri

a) Bir isim diğer bir ismin önüne gelerek onu nitelyebilir. Böyle bir durumda, ismin önünde kullanılan isim sıfat olarak görev yapar. Niteleme amaçlı kullanılan isim daima tekildir.

Doğru: He works at a shoe store.
Yanlış: He works at a shoes store.

Examples:
• I bought a grammar book • I bought a story book
• We ate at an Italian restaurant • We ate at a Chinese restaurant.
• I like vegetable soup • I like lentil soup.

The soup has vegetables in it, so it is vegetable soup.
My garden has flowers in it, so it is a flower garden.
They sell shoes in that store, so it is a shoe store.

b) eğer bir ismin önüne bir miktar belirteçi getirilirse ( -) ile nitelenen isimden ayırmak gerekir:

The movie lasted three hours. In other words, it was a three- hour film.
Last year we had a four-week vacation in the Alps.
Mary and Jack have a ten-month old bab