Difference between revisions of "Turning adjectives into adverbs"
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| + | == Sources and further reading == | ||
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| + | * [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933330899/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=1933330899 Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar →buy] (pp. 72) | ||
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Revision as of 04:23, 28 December 2011
You can easily convert Chinese adjectives into adverbs with 地 (de). This character is very similar to the English suffix -ly.
The structure is:
Subject + Adjective + 地 + Verb
Some examples:
- 你 要 很 认真 地 学习。
- 爷爷 慢慢 地 走路。
- 我们 舒服 地 躺 在 那里。
