The "-budong" Potential Complement

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The potential complement 不懂 is used to talk about things that can't be understood. Note that this is about potential - the subject doesn't have the ability to understand. The structure is:

Subject + Perception verb + 不懂

Some examples:

  • 我 看 不懂 中文 的 报纸。
  • 我 听 不懂 南方人 说 的 话。
  • 很 多 人 看 不懂 古代 汉语。

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