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Revision as of 03:22, 15 August 2011
The particle 吧 can be used to make suggestions or soften the tone of commands. The structure is:
Command + 吧
吧 makes the suggestion sound more tentative and more polite.
Sources and further reading
- Mandarin Chinese: A Functional Reference Grammar (pp. 307 - 311)