The Plural of Tomato
番茄的復數
I was going through an exercise with my class on the formation of plurals. The answers were pretty routine until I came to the world tomato. "Can anyone tell me the plural of tomato?" I asked. One student's hand shot up. "Ketchup!" he announced proudly.
我正領著同學們練習復數的構成。他們回答得很正常,這時遇到了“番茄”這個單詞。“你們能告訴我‘番茄’的復數嗎?”我問。一個學生立刻舉起手,“番茄醬!”他自豪地宣布道。