我们都知道动词的变化性是很强的,表示过去要加 ed ,表示正在要加 ing,表示被动要加 ed,表示单三要加 s,变成分词作形容词的时候表示主动要加ing,表示被动要加 ed。
有的时候动词说,我累了,你们爱咋咋吧,我不变了。我们来看看这种情况。
首先看看关于 see 和 saw 的例句:
I see her dance on the bridge.
I saw her dance on the bridge.
无论是现在看见她在桥上跳舞,还是过去看见她在桥上跳舞,dance 用原形就可以了。当然,也可以有其他的表述方式,不过今天主要讲动词不变的情况,便暂不涉及。
dance是vi,我再举个vt的例子。
I see her ride a bicycle on the bridge.
I saw her ride a bicycle on the bridge.
vt 只要后面加个名词性成分就可以了,动词 ride 还是原形。
我们再来看hear和heard的例句:
I hear him scream in his room.
I heard him scream in his room.
再来看notice和noticed的例句:
I notice him steal a bag from a woman.
I noticed him steal a bag from a woman.
再来看watch和watched的例句:
I watch Bob kiss Jane.
I watched Bob kiss Jane.
模式是很简单的,关键是我们得记住能匹配这种模式的词,比如上面的 see,hear,notice 和 watch。其他的词,我们看到了有英语水平很好的人用了这种模式,我们把那些词也纳入进来就好了。
聪明的读者已经观察到“her dance ”、“her ride a bicycle”、“him scream”、“him steal a bag”、“Bob kiss”这些语言成分中,动词和前面的名词性成分(人称代词属于名词性成分)都是主动性关系,“她主动跳舞”,“他主动偷包”,等等,如果动词和前面的名词性成分是被动性关系的话,怎么办呢?
答案是倔强的动词只好无奈地接受变化,变成“被动分词”(参见之前文章)。比如:
I see these flowers watered.
I saw these flowers watered.
I hear him shouted by his teacher.
I heard him shouted by his teacher.
I notice this bird released from this cage.
I noticed this bird released from this cage.
I watch Jane kissed by Bob.
I watched Jane kissed by Bob.
我们再来看看 have 和 make 这两个词。它们后面的动词也很倔强。比如:
I have my cousin bring me my clothes.
I had my cousin bring me my clothes.
My mom makes me practice speaking English every night.
My mom made me practice speaking English every night.
make 和 have 在上面的例句中都可译为“让 或 使”,区别是 make 的语气更强,更有强制性。而如果动词和前面的名词性成分是被动性关系,那么动词也要无奈地变成被动形式,比如:
I have my clothes brought to me by my cousin.
I had my clothes brought to me by my cousin.
I make my son chased by a tiger to train him to run faster.
I made my son chased by a tiger to train him to run faster.
这里伤心地讲一点,我查了一下,“make sb/sth done”的这种用法似乎是不合英文语法的。我觉得又合逻辑,又合模式,而且在凸显强制性上,也是“have”无法替代的。所以 why not? 当然,“have sb/sth done” 确实是又常见又合乎语法,不会引起争议的。
最后我们看看 suggest、propose、recommend 后面跟动词原形的用法。当然,这些词每个都有很多种用法,我们今天只聚焦于后面跟从句的用法。比如:
I suggest he exercise everyday to stay healthy.
I suggested he exercise everyday to stay healthy.
I propose he dance everyday to stay happy.
I proposed he dance everyday to stay happy.
I recommend he read books everyday to stay smart.
I recommended he read books everyday to stay smart.
我们发现,无论单三与否,suggest 是原形还是加了ed,动词“exercise”、“dance”、“read”始终是原形。但同样的问题,“exercise”、“dance”、“read”和前面的名词性成分“he”都是主动性关系,如果是被动性关系,会发生什么样的变化呢?我们看如下例句:
I suggest he be punished.
I suggested he be punished.
I propose the criminals be put into jail.
I proposed the criminals be put into jail.
I recommend the flowers be trimmed every week.
I recommended the flowers be trimmed every week.
变化已经很明显了,变原形为“被动分词”,前面再加个“be动词”的原形 be。
以上就是我对不变形的动词(倔强的动词),和在与身边的名词性成分有被动性关系的情况下不得不变形的动词(无奈的动词)的分析。至于为什么是动词原形,是省略了“to”,还是省略了“should”,喜欢思考的读者可以继续研究探讨,我这里为了给大脑减负,不作深究,只是希望通过以上的分析和例句,让大家熟悉这样一种使用动词的模式,并参照这种模式理解、创造语言。
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