= You have a reservation for a single room, don't you?
您訂了一間單人房，對不對？
此處的right就等於don't you, 表『對不對 (呀)』的意思; 這種在敘述句之後加上right的用法 (此時right的語氣要上揚) 稱作反問句 (又叫附加問句), 這在英文中是很常見的。除了right之外, 這種反問句的句型通常有五種, 不過我們在介紹這五種句型之前, 要先知道形成反問句的基本原則是:
肯定句要以否定反問;
否定句要以肯定反問;
而且反問部分的主詞始終為人稱代名詞 (he、she、they、you、we...)。
a. 句中有be動詞時, 以該be動詞形成反問。
例: 肯定句: John is nice, right? = John is nice, isn't he?
(約翰人很好，對不對？)
否定句: Tom and Mary aren't students, right?
= Tom and Mary aren't students, are they?
(湯姆和小梅都不是學生，對嗎？)
b. 句中有助動詞時, 以該助動詞形成反問。 例: 肯定句: You will come, right?
= You will come, won't you?
(你會來，對不對？)
否定句: She can't speak English, right?
= She can't speak English, can she?
(她不會說英文，對嗎？)
c. 肯定句中有一般動詞時, 則按主詞人稱及動詞時態, 以don't或doesn't形成反問; 否定句中因已有do或dose, 故反問部分仍使用do或does。 例: 肯定句: Helen loves flowers, right?
= Helen loves flowers, doesn't she?
(海倫很喜歡花，對不對？)
否定句: You don't like me, right?
= You don't like me, do you?
(你不喜歡我，對嗎？)
d. 以Let's (Let us的縮寫形) 引導的祈使句, 其反問句部分固定用shall we。 例: Let's go to the movies tonight, shall we?
(咱們今晚去看電影吧，好不好？)
e. 以原形動詞起首的命令句, 其反問部分固定用will you。
例: Close the door, will you?
(把門關上，好嗎？) |
