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Pronoun
... pronouns (this, that), and Placement of question words interrogative pronouns (who, what). Pronouns can go anywhere that a noun goes, but you have ...

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Complement
... the complement, exactly?'' For example, is it another verb, or an adjective or what? The answer is that it varies. It can be a verb, an adjective, a ...

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Causative verbs
... grandpa. 他不听话，你叫我怎么办？Tā bù tīnghuà, nǐ jiào wǒ zěnmebàn?He won't listen. What would you have me do? 他偷偷约别的女孩，你叫我怎么想？Tā tōutōu yuē ...

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Degree complement
... a verbs verb happened or assess its quality 2. To express '''to what extent''' (or degree) an adjectives adjective is true For the first case ...

12 KB (1,800 words) - 08:57, 21 April 2021
Direction complement
... 把 sentences , as they can be used to describe the disposal of an object (what happened to it in the end). Because of this, it's very common to see ...

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Style guide
... which can be edited on the wiki. ('''Do not edit this if you don't know what you're doing ''') Practice Makes Perfect 熟能生巧 If any of the above ...

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Basic sentence order
... you and dad. 他们Tāmen 要做yào zuò 什么？shénme? What do they want to do? 你Nǐ 想去xiǎng qù 什么 ... 地方？shénme dìfang? What place do you want to go to? ...

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Using "dao" to mean "to go to"
... well and you might need to expand your understanding of exactly what 到 (dào) means. That's what we'll examine below. 到 (dào) for Coming or Going to ...

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In the future in general with "yihou"
... the future. 你儿子以后想做什么？Nǐ érzi yǐhòu xiǎng zuò shénme? In the future, what does your son want to do? 以后你们想去哪儿工作？ Yǐhòu nǐmen xiǎng qù nǎr ...

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Continuation with "hai"
... (hái) in a question sentence, it can be used to emphasize the idea of what ''should'' be happening in a more idiomatic way. Subj. + 还 + 不 / 没 + Verb ...

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Expressing "and" with "he"
... mean by using 和 (hé) with nouns only, here are two English examples of what you should and shouldn't try to express with 和 (hé): I went to the store ...

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Change of state with "le"
... had once been green-lit is now getting a red light. What was once "on" is now "off." The "change of situation" indicated by 了 (le) is still the same ...

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Expressing "except" and "in addition" with "chule… yiwai"
... . 除了海鲜，你还对什么过敏？Chúle hǎixiān, nǐ hái duì shénme guòmǐn?In addition to seafood, what else are you allergic to? 中国的功夫明星，除了李小龙和成龙以外，李连杰 ...

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Expressing "every" with question words
... 相信他说的话。Shéi dōu bù xiāngxìn tā shuō de huà.No one believes what he said. "Everywhere" with 哪儿都 This pattern works with both 哪儿 (nǎr) and 哪 ...

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Expressing not knowing how to do something using "hao"
... this . 我们都不知道说什么好。 Wǒmen dōu bù zhīdào shuō shénme hǎo.None of us knew what to say. 这件事我不知道跟谁说好。Zhè jiàn shì wǒ bù zhīdào gēn shéi ...

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Ending a non-exhaustive list with "shenme de"
... and is used to end a list of items when it is obvious to the listener what class of things the speaker is talking about. 什么的 can also be used after a ...

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Expressing "with regards to" with "zhiyu"
... 限制。Wǒ hěn xǐhuan dúshū, zhìyú shénme shū, méiyǒu xiànzhì.I like reading very much. As for what books, there are no limits. 我已经和你说很多了，至于这个 ...

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Advanced result complements "zhu", "kai", and "chulai"
... into being" or "coming up with." 你能想出什么好办法？Nǐ néng xiǎngchū shénme hǎo bànfǎ?What good ideas can you come up with? 这些数学题有点难，我花了一个小时才 ...

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Expressing "let alone" with "hekuang"
... ，何况大人呢？Zhè jù huà lián háizi dōu dǒng, hékuàng dàrén ne?Children can understand what this sentence means, let alone the adults. 他连那么难的题都会，何况 ...

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Rhetorical questions with "nandao"
... 了什么吗？ Nǐ zhème lěngjìng, nándào bù zhīdào fāshēng le shénme ma?You are so calm. Do you not know what happened? 你父母这么关心你，难道你一点都感觉不到吗？Nǐ ...

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Potential complement "-bu dong" for not understanding
... ？Literally, "hear-not-understand"Nǐmen tīng bu dǒng wǒ de huà ma?Do you not understand what I say? 我听不懂你说的英语。 Literally, "hear-not-understand ...

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