[請益] 我之前的室友是黑人該怎麼說?

看板Eng-Class作者 ( 喔喔)時間11年前 (2014/12/11 11:19), 11年前編輯推噓5(5推 0噓 22→)
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我之前的室友是黑人 該怎麼說? I had a roommate who was black. I had a roommate who is black. Which one is right? My guess is the second one as the fact that he is black does not change. Am I right? -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 1.162.88.124 ※ 文章網址: http://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Eng-Class/M.1418267981.A.58C.html
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12/11 11:26, , 1F
politically, no
12/11 11:26, 1F
You mean specifically?
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12/11 11:27, , 2F
using Was either means he died or is no longer black
12/11 11:27, 2F
yeah that's my thought
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12/11 11:58, , 3F
my previous roommate is a black guy?
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12/11 14:28, , 4F
assuming he is still alive
12/11 14:28, 4F
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12/11 16:04, , 5F
My ex-roommate is an African-American.
12/11 16:04, 5F
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12/11 16:06, , 6F
可以說he is black.不能說he is a black.
12/11 16:06, 6F
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12/11 16:57, , 7F
Haha he is not american but ex-roommate is good, thx
12/11 16:57, 7F
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12/11 18:48, , 8F
2 可以阿？ why not?
12/11 18:48, 8F
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12/11 21:32, , 9F
the guy who lived here was a black man呢。
12/11 21:32, 9F
I moved out. I would use "is " instead of "was" but if you know something I don't please shed some light on this. ※ 編輯: SuperW (1.162.88.124), 12/11/2014 22:53:20
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12/12 00:42, , 10F
http://ppt.cc/ZyU4 context裡頭沒交待他已死/../...
12/12 00:42, 10F
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12/12 00:42, , 11F
http://ppt.cc/8XyB 找 I had a roommate who was Ja....
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12/12 00:43, , 12F
[Someone] was black/Japanese/... 單獨一句的話是可能有
12/12 00:43, 12F
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12/12 00:43, , 13F
這人已死等等的其它解讀，但是"這些"只是在沒有context下
12/12 00:43, 13F
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12/12 00:43, , 14F
的"眾多可能性"，並不是這一句「一定是指」這人已死（or
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12/12 00:43, , 15F
所謂的"不再是..."云云）。
12/12 00:43, 15F
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12/12 00:44, , 16F
在有(完整的)context的情況下，意思就固定了(這時候就沒
12/12 00:44, 16F
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12/12 00:44, , 17F
有其它可能解讀)，這時候使用was就只是單純的配合整體時
12/12 00:44, 17F
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12/12 00:44, , 18F
態所做的變化（I "had" a roommate...）（敘述"當時"的情
12/12 00:44, 18F
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12/12 00:45, , 19F
況(那人（那當時的）背景))，換句話說這時候的「was只是
12/12 00:45, 19F
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12/12 00:45, , 20F
單純的配合整體時態所作的變化」也是前頭單一一句(沒有
12/12 00:45, 20F
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12/12 00:46, , 21F
context)情況下眾多可能解讀之一
12/12 00:46, 21F
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12/12 00:46, , 22F
話說回來，既然你要練習英文，不如直接跟native speakers
12/12 00:46, 22F
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12/12 00:46, , 23F
of English對談 比如: www.englishforums.com
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12/12 00:47, , 24F
(注意回答的人的背景，有的人也是learners) 你可以問"is"
12/12 00:47, 24F
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12/12 08:39, , 25F
感謝D大，我的語感認為要用was但一直想不出合理的解釋
12/12 08:39, 25F
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12/12 12:58, , 26F
dunchee的回文總是值得推
12/12 12:58, 26F
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12/15 04:19, , 27F
ChenJianZhou used to be my roomate
12/15 04:19, 27F
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