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== Meanings in General ==
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=== 会 ===
 
 
 
==== Positive sentences ====
 
 
 
Ability, acquired skill, required by learning
 
 
 
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*我妈妈真会做饭。- My mum really knows how to cook.
 
*他会说汉语。- He can speak chinese.
 
 
 
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Possibility in general
 
 
 
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*春节的时候,大家都会吃饺子。During the spring festival, everybody would be eating dumplings.
 
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Future
 
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*他不会来。- He will not come.
 
*明年一定会很顺利。- Next year will be succesfull.
 
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==== Negative sentences ====
 
 
 
I do not know how to
 
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*我不会喝酒。 - I do not know how to drink (Used as only “acceptable” reason why to say no to an invitation for a drink)
 
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=== 能 ===
 
 
 
==== Positive sentences ====
 
 
 
Physical ability, skill, inborn ability,
 
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*她能把桌子搬到他办公室里。- He can move his table to his office.
 
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Loose or regain certain ability (It is not possible to use 会 or 可以 in this sentence)
 
 
 
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<li class="o"> 他的手受伤了,不能打篮球。- He hurt his hand, he can not play basketball. </li>
 
<li class="x"> 他的手受伤了,不可以打篮球。</li>
 
<li class="o"> - 他的手好了,能打篮球了。- His hand is OK now, he can play basketball again. </li>
 
<li class="x"> - 他的手好了,会打篮球了。</li>
 
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Expressing possibility (in sense of something permitted by objective conditions)
 
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明天晚上你能来吗? - Will you be able to come tomorrow evening?
 
对不起,我现在不能过去。- I am sorry, I can not come now.
 
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==== Negative sentences ====
 
 
 
Can not
 
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她到底爱不爱你,我不能告诉你。- If she loves you or doesn’t, I really can not tell you.
 
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=== 可以 ===
 
 
 
==== Positive sentences ====
 
 
 
Physical ability, knowladge base ability
 
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她已经四岁,可以开始学英语。- She is already fout years old, she can start to learn english.
 
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Permision
 
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我妈妈说我可以嫁给你。- My mum says, I can marry you.
 
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Can - something can be possibly caused as a result
 
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学习外语可以扩大你的视野。- Studing foreign languages can expand you horizons.
 
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==== Negative sentences ====
 
 
 
Prohibition, not allowed
 
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你太年轻,你不可以喝酒。- You are too young, you can not drink alcohol.
 
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== Main differences ==
 
 
 
会 - can be used also as a verb by itself, others can not:
 
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<li class="o"> 这样做,我不会。</li>
 
<li class="x"> 我样做,我不能。</li>
 
<li class="x"> 这样做,我不可以。</li>
 
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会 - can be followed also by complement or object, others can not:
 
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<li class="o"> 你会什么?</li>
 
<li class="x"> 你能什么?</li>
 
<li class="x"> 你可以什么?</li>
 
 
 
Only 能,可以 can express a certain level of efficiency
 
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<li class="o"> 他的朋友很能吃,他一分钟能吃掉12个包子。</li>
 
<li class="x"> 他的朋友很能吃,他一分钟会吃掉12个包子。</li>
 
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可以,会 can serve also as predicade
 
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<li class="o"> 这样说也可以。</li>
 
<li class="o"> 他会乐器。</li>
 
<li class="x"> 这样说也能。</li>
 
 
 
会 and 能 can be modified with intensificators
 
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<li class="o"> 他很会跳舞。</li>
 
<li class"o"> 他很能吃苦 </li>
 
<li class="x"> 他很可以跳舞 </li>
 
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能/可以 - express possesion of skills in general/permission and prohibition. 能emphasizes ability, 可以 possibility
 
 
 
能/会 When they express “being good at doing something”, 会 emphasizes „skilll“, 能 emphasizes „ability“:
 
 
 
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他很会吃,你想知道哪里有好吃的,他就知道在哪儿可以买到。- He knows how to eat, you want to eat something delicious, he will know where to buy it. (Skillful)
 
他很能吃,给他10碗米饭吃,也吃不饱。- He really can eat, you can give him 10 bowls of rice, but ho will still not be full. (can eat a lot)
 
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== Common rules ==
 
 
 
None of them can be followed by 了,着 or 过.
 
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<li class="o"> 他会做饭。</li>
 
<li class="x">他会过做饭。</li>
 
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We can use the modal verb solo, to answer the question, but not the lexical verb solo.
 
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Question:
 
你明天会来吗?(不是“回来”,是“会来”)
 
Answer:
 
<li class="o">会!</li>
 
<li class="x"> 来!</li>
 
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Modal verbs should be used before prepositional phrases and descriptive adverbial modifiers:
 
 
 
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<li class="o">对 - 你应该把课本再看一次,看完以后再来考试。</li>
 
<li class="x">错 - 你把课本应该再看一次, 看完以后再来考试。</li>
 
<li class="o">对 - 他们得努力地读一读。</li>
 
<li class="x">错 - 他们努力地得读一读。</li>
 
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== See also ==
 
 
 
== Sources and further reading ==
 
 
 
=== Books ===
 
 
 
* [[Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical Guide]] (pp.69 - 75, 224) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415700108?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0415700108 →buy]
 
 
 
* [[New Practical Chinese Reader 1 (新实用汉语课本1)]] (pp. 160) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/7561910401/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=7561910401 →buy]
 
 
 
* [[Chinese Grammar - Broken down into 100 items - Basic and Intermediate Levels (汉语语法百项讲练 - 初中级)]] (pp. 10 - 12)[http://www.amazon.cn/gp/product/B004WA6JSQ/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-23&linkCode=as2&camp=536&creative=3132&creativeASIN=B004WA6JSQ →buy]
 
 
 
* [[Practicing HSK Grammar (语法精讲精炼)]] (pp. 142-144) [http://www.amazon.cn/mn/detailApp/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&tag=allset-23&linkCode=as2&asin=B001N6R7DI&camp=536&creative=3132&creativeASIN=B001N6R7DI →buy]
 
 
 
* [[Chinese Grammar Without Tears (简明汉语语法学习手册)]] (pp. 239 - 244) [http://www.amazon.cn/mn/detailApp/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&tag=allset-23&linkCode=as2&asin=B0041UGAJU&camp=536&creative=3132&creativeASIN=B0041UGAJU →buy]
 
 
 
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