G02
core
Language coding
Markers
Case / Suffix Sticker
What sign sticks to the word?
basic
Case ending
Suffix
Inflection
Morphology
含义
A visible marker attached to a word that shows role, relation, number, tense, person, case, direction, or other grammatical function.
如何识别
Look for small endings that change the word's role or meaning.
示例
单词
-s|-ed|-ing|case endings|plural endings
短语
dogs|walked|house's
句子
The teacher corrected the students' essays.
Visual guide
Basic shape
word + suffix sticker --------------------- dog + -s -> dogs walk + -ed -> walked house + 's -> house's ending = grammar signal
Compare shape
Same job, different coding no ending: dog (context) word: plural marker + dog suffix: dog + -s -> dogs many endings can encode: role, number, time, person
语言视角
用母语深入讲解
中文
显性程度
not_relevant
重要程度
Mandarin does not have a case suffix system like Russian, Hungarian, or German; roles are usually shown by word order, particles, coverbs, and context.
我看见他。
wǒ kànjiàn tā = I see him
在所学语言中
英语
显性程度
weak
学习难度
英语名词几乎没有格变化，主要在代词和所有格形式中还能看到一些变化。
She saw him.
him 是 he 的宾语形式，显示英语代词还有少量形式变化。
常见易错点
习惯名词有很多词尾变化的学习者，可能会期待英语名词也变形；其他学习者也常混淆 he 和 him。
Good transfer potential
This block behaves relatively similarly, so you can transfer intuition more safely between the two languages.