Difference between revisions of "Result complements "-dao" and "-jian""

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What 到 and 见 do is indicate that the outcome of the verb is achieved - what its ''result'' is. Without them, the sentence would describe only the action itself. This is the difference between "to look" and "to see" in English.
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What 到 does is indicate that the outcome of the verb is achieved - what its ''result'' is. Without them, the sentence would describe only the action itself. In English "to look" is similar to "我看" and "to see in English.
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Some examples:
 
Some examples:

Revision as of 03:54, 19 October 2011

Result complements are a huge topic in Chinese grammar, but you can approach them in stages. The structure you come across the most is a verb with 到 (dào) or 见 (jiàn):

Subject + Verb + 到 + Object

What 到 does is indicate that the outcome of the verb is achieved - what its result is. Without them, the sentence would describe only the action itself. In English "to look" is similar to "我看" and "to see in English.

Subject + Verb + 见 + Object

Some examples:

  • 了 吗?
  • 你 看 了 那 个 人 吗?
  • 我 买 了 一 些 水果。