Softening speech with "ba"
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The particle 吧 can be used to soften the feel of a sentence. This could be to make it more polite, gentler and less forceful, or to turn a command into a suggestion. The structure is:
Subject + Verb + Object + 吧
Some examples:
- 这样 不 太 好 吧。
- 咱们 喝 啤酒 吧。
- 算了 吧。
- 应该 是 吧。
Note that to make suggestions for a group of people including oneself, 咱们 is often used with 吧.
