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Comparing "shihe" and "heshi"
... 适合我。适合 is a verb Zhège shìhé wǒ.This suits me. 这个鞋码很适合。This would be treating 适合 like an adjectiveZhège xiémǎ hěn shìhé. 这个鞋码很合适。合适 is an ...

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Expressing "since" with "jiran"
... 跟他出去？Nǐ jìrán bù xǐhuan tā, wèishénme hái xiǎng gēn tā chūqù?Since you don't like him, why would you go out with him? 既然你已经决定了，为什么现在后悔？Jìrán ...

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Using "guo" with "le"
... action has ''already'' occurred (so it doesn't need to be done again), so it would probably be something like this: For the eating example: A:她想吃饭 ...

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Comparing "bu" and "mei"
... expressing things like "I don't want to go" or "I'm not going" would be uses of 不 (bù). Structure Subj. + 不 + Verb Examples Whether it's ...

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Verb
... is if you normally don't do something, or if you won't do something, you would use "不," but if you want to say you ''didn't'' do something, then you ...

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Advanced uses of "hai"
... this kind of person? 过期的牛奶你还喝吗？Guòqī de niúnǎi nǐ hái hē ma?Would you drink expired milk? 今天这么热，你还出门吗？Jīntiān zhème rè, nǐ hái chūmén ...

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Rhetorical questions
... 难道他自己不会做吗？Nǐ wèishénme yào bāng tā zuò? Nándào tā zìjǐ bù huì zuò ma?Why would you help him do it? Can't he do it by himself? 他说的都是对的。难道你 ...

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The "shi... de" construction for emphasizing details
... , what if you want to ask a question about something that happened in the past? Would you ever say one of the following sentences? 你昨天几点到了？Nǐ ...

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Expressing ability or possibility with "neng"
... in one hour? 他们明天能早点来吗？ Tāmen míngtiān néng zǎo diǎn lái ma?Would it be possible for them to come a little earlier tomorrow? 你们能小声一点吗 ...

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Expressing "should" with "yinggai"
... not take other people's stuff. See Also "Must" modal "dei" "Would like to" with xiang Wanting to do something with yao Sources ...

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Verbs preceded by "gei"
... . 他说他会给我写信的。Tā shuō tā huì gěi wǒ xiě xìn de.He said he would write letters to me. 你可以给大家读一下吗？Nǐ kěyǐ gěi dàjiā dú yīxià ma?Could ...

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Reduplication of adjectives
... 个按摩，放松一下。Xiǎng bu xiǎng qù zuò gè ànmó, fàngsōng yīxià.Would you like to go get a massage and unwind? Sources and further reading Books ...

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Expressing "and also" with "hai"
... . If you translated these into Chinese, the first one (one subject, two actions) would use 还 (hái), and the second one (second subject, no new actions ...

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Expressing "had better" with "haishi"
... Usually there's even a bit of deliberation before the speaker announces what "it would be better" to do, using 还是. Structure 还是 as an adverbs ...

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Emphasizing quantity with "dou"
... hěn duō) to emphasize that it's "a lot." Note that in English, it would be totally redundant and unnecessary to add "all" into these sentences, but in ...

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Learner FAQ
... inflection-based characteristics. Can I use 和 (he) in any situation where I would say "and" in English? While it may be tempting to do so ...

7 KB (1,084 words) - 09:05, 26 November 2013
Acknowledgments
... Credits Our awesome book cover was designed by Anneke Garcia, someone we would never had met had her husband Erick not interned at AllSet Learning ...

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Expressing "if… then…" with "jiaru"
... University. 假如我是你，我就戒烟。Jiǎrú wǒ shì nǐ, wǒ jiù jièyān.If I were you, I would give up smoking. 假如你的女朋友不爱你，你们就分手吧。Jiǎrú nǐ de nǚpéngyou ...

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Expressing fractions with "fenzhi"
... 六分之五 (liù fēn zhī wǔ). To say a percentage, for example, 50 percent, you would say 百分之五十 (bǎi fēn zhī wǔshí), which is literally the same as how you ...

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Expressing "even if…" with "jiushi"
... 也不想作弊。Jiùshì nǐ gàosu wǒ dá'àn le, wǒ yě bù xiǎng zuòbì.Even if you told me the answers, I would not want to cheat. 就是大家都同意这个方案，我也不会同意的 ...

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Expressing contrariness with "dao"
... xiǎng péi nǐ yīqǐ qù, bùguò yào děngdào zhōumò.I really would like to go with you, but you would need to wait until the weekend. For more on 倒 , be ...

5 KB (701 words) - 06:44, 17 December 2020