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| − | * | + | * 我 可以喝 白酒，<em>不过</em> 只能 喝 一点。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ kěyǐ báijiǔ, <em>bùguò</em>zhǐ néng hē yīdiǎn .</span><span class="trans"> I can drink baijiu, but only a little.</span> |
| − | * | + | * 我们 玩得 很 开心，<em>不过</em> 住 的 地方 不 太 好。<span class="pinyin">Wǒmen wánde hěn kāixīn, <em>bùguò</em> zhùde dìfāng bù tài hǎo.</span><span class="trans"> We had a lot of fun,but the place we stayed was not satisfying .</span> |
| − | * 他 的 汉语 | + | * 他 的 汉语 不错，<em>不过</em> 发音 不 太 好。<span class="pinyin">Tā de Hànyǔ bùcuò , <em>bùguò</em> fāyīn bù tài hǎo.</span><span class="trans">His Chinese is pretty good, but his pronunciation is not very good.</span> |
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Revision as of 09:00, 30 June 2015
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Keywords
Instead of just using 可是 or 但是, you can also use the softer and more informal 不过 (búguò).
Structure
Just like its counterparts, "不过" is a conjunction that comes between two distinct clauses.
Clause 1, 不过 + Clause 2
Examples
- 我 可以喝 白酒，不过 只能 喝 一点。 I can drink baijiu, but only a little.
- 我们 玩得 很 开心，不过 住 的 地方 不 太 好。 We had a lot of fun,but the place we stayed was not satisfying .
- 他 的 汉语 不错，不过 发音 不 太 好。His Chinese is pretty good, but his pronunciation is not very good.
See also
Sources and further reading
Books
- Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical Guide (pp. 258) →buy
- Short-term Spoken Chinese: Elementary (汉语口语速成基础篇) (pp. 23) →buy
- Chinese Grammar - Broken down into 100 items - Basic and Intermediate Levels (汉语语法百项讲练 - 初中级) (pp. 254) →buy
- Boya Chinese Lower Intermediate 1 (博雅汉语准中级加速篇) (pp. 12) →buy
- Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1 (p. 163) →buy
- Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 2 (p. 96) →buy
