Difference between revisions of "Doing something less with "shao""

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== Structure ==
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Just as you can use 多 to talk about [[Doing something more with "duo"|doing something more]], you can use 少 (shǎo) to talk about doing something ''less''.
 
Just as you can use 多 to talk about [[Doing something more with "duo"|doing something more]], you can use 少 (shǎo) to talk about doing something ''less''.
 
The structure is:
 
  
 
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Some examples:
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== Examples ==
  
 
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==See also==
 
==See also==
 
*[[Doing something more with "duo"]]
 
*[[Doing something more with "duo"]]
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== Sources and further reading ==
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=== Books ===
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* [[Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2]] (pp. 39) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887276709/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0887276709 →buy]
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[[Category:B1 grammar points]]
 
[[Category:B1 grammar points]]

Revision as of 03:35, 17 May 2012

Structure

Just as you can use 多 to talk about doing something more, you can use 少 (shǎo) to talk about doing something less.

Subject + 少 + Verb + Object

Examples

  • 废话 说!
  • 你 应该 抽 烟!
  • 学 中文 的 学生 需要 说 英文。

See also

Sources and further reading

Books