Difference between revisions of "Expressing "I bet" using "liang""

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Using this way is a little tricky. The closest English equivalent is "I bet“. similar to that word, 谅 also means "I think", "I expect", "I believe" or even "I bet". Usually the speaker uses 谅 this way in the first person (我).More often than not, 谅 is used with a 不 or 没.   
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Using this way is a little tricky , or sometimes, angry. The closest English equivalent is "I bet“. similar to that word, 谅 also means "I think", "I expect", "I believe" or even "I bet". Usually the speaker uses 谅 this way in the first person (我).More often than not, 谅 is used with a 不or and 也.   
  
 
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谅 is often used together with 也, as seen in the frist and third examples above.
 
  
 
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{{Basic Grammar|谅|C1| 谅 + Subject + Verb phrase|<em>谅</em> 他 也 不敢!|grammar point|ASGOR3M4}}
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{{Basic Grammar|谅|C1| 谅 + Subject + Verb phrase|<em>谅</em> 他 也 不敢!|grammar point|ASGOR3M4}}
 
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Revision as of 07:52, 3 June 2013

In spoken Chinese, the equivalent of "I bet", as in "I bet he won't come", is to use 谅.

Structure

Using 谅 this way is a little tricky , or sometimes, angry. The closest English equivalent is "I bet“. similar to that word, 谅 also means "I think", "I expect", "I believe" or even "I bet". Usually the speaker uses 谅 this way in the first person (我).More often than not, 谅 is used with a 不or 没 and 也.

谅 + Subject + verb phrase

Examples

  • 他 也 不敢!
  • 你 也 不 敢 跟 那个 女的 讲话!
  • 他 也 没 胆量 做 出 这样 的 事情 来。
  • 他 是 你 不 敢 去 投诉 才 这么 说 的,你 可 不 能 就 这么 算了!

Sources and further reading

Books

Websites

Dictionary entry for 谅 - ICIBA

HSK6