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Advanced uses of "zong"
... 爸爸，你总要礼貌一点吧。Tā shì nǐ bàba, nǐ zǒng yào lǐmào yīdiǎn ba.He is your father, so you ought to be a little more polite. 你拿了人家的钱，总得帮人家做事吧 ...

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Comparing "buduan" and "buting"
... 我今天很困，不停地打哈欠。Wǒ jīntiān hěn kùn, bù tíng de dǎ hāqian.I'm so tired today. I can't stop yawning. 感冒了，喉咙痛，还不停地流鼻涕。Gǎnmào le, hóulóng ...

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Tricky uses of "dao"
... result was achieved. It can have the effect of making a verb mean "try to ''verb''." So 做 without -到 is kind of like "try to do," but when you want to ...

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Foreword
... the very outset, students can begin to move toward the goal that was formerly so elusive: the acquisition of 语感 (yǔgǎn), the “feeling for the language ...

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Expressing "in this way" with "zheyang"
... 的是这样想的吗？Nǐmen zhēnde shì zhèyàng xiǎng de ma?Do you guys really think so? Used as a Conjunction This use of 这样 corresponds to "in this way ...

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Expressing "multiples" with "bei"
... (x + 2x). This little detail is sometimes confusing even for native speakers, so if you're talking about multiples and 多 is involved, be sure to use ...

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A2 Grammar Course
... '''Two uses of 以后 (yihou), two uses of 以前 (yiqian):''' so simple, yet so elusive... '''Expressing "when" with 的时候 (de shihou):''' this one starts ...

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Simple rhetorical questions
... de zhème wǎn, néng bù chídào ma?You got up so late, how could you not be late? A: 我点 ... cài, néng bù pàng ma?Eating so much food at night, how could I ...

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Main Page
... are still a work in progress (there are ask: Level::C1 format=count so far), but if you'd like to help edit them, Contact please get in ...

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Part of speech
... as ''-性'' or ''-化'' or ''-们'', but they're not common. So we'll point them out when they exist, but they're not something you can consistently count ...

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Rhetorical questions
... him.) 这么贵，值得吗？（不值得。）Zhème guì, zhídé ma？(Bù zhídé.)It's so expensive. Is it even worth it?(It's not worth it.) Rhetorical Question with 不 or 没 ...

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Degree complement
... 。Tā de wàzi chòu sǐle.His socks totally reek. 小狗可爱死了。Xiǎogǒu kě'ài sǐle.The puppy is so adorable 老师说今天没有作业，我们都高兴坏了。Lǎoshī shuō jīntiān ...

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Using "ba" sentences
... clear on the explanations you've read so far and the examples make sense ... a gun"), and 一把椅子 ("a chair"). So, you've got to look at how 把 is being ...

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The "shi... de" construction for emphasizing details
... ''was'' carried out, and only the detail emphasized by 是⋯⋯的 is being denied. So, in the second sentence, the implication is that 他 didn't go with 我们 ...

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Style guide
... up a list of example sentences, you may want to draw up a table. To do so, do follow these steps: Wrap the whole table in a <div> with class ''liju'' ...

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Using "lai" as a dummy verb
... read it. A:你怎么做得这么慢？Nǐ zěnme zuò de zhème màn?How come you do it so slowly? B:你觉得我慢？你来！Nǐ juéde wǒ màn? Nǐ lái You think I'm slow? You do ...

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Expressing "a little too" with "you dian"
... ，妈妈有点不高兴。Bàba huílái yǒudiǎn wǎn, māma yǒudiǎn bù gāoxìng.Dad came back home a bit too late, so mom was a little unhappy. 老师今天有点不舒服，所以没来上课 ...

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Continuation with "hai"
... 解释了这么多遍，你还不懂？Wǒ jiěshì le zhème duō biàn, nǐ hái bù dǒng?I've explained it so many times, and you still don't get it? 我对你这么好，你还不高兴 ...

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Adjectives with "-ji le"
... 那么生气，我们都害怕极了。Tā nàme shēngqì, wǒmen dōu hàipà jíle.He was so angry. We were all so scared. 高考那天，我紧张极了。Gāokǎo nà tiān, wǒ jǐnzhāng jíle.I ...

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Expressing "even" with "lian" and "dou"
... 都知道。Zhège wèntí tài jiǎndān le, lián sān suì xiǎohái dōu zhīdào.This question is so easy that even a three-year-old kid knows the answer. 这个汉字太难 ...

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Adjectival complement "de budeliao"
... 太多，路上堵得不得了。Xiànzài chē tài duō, lùshang dǔ de bùdéliǎoThere are too many cars nowadays, so traffic is terrible. 自从她说要给我一个礼物，我好奇得不得了 ...

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