Difference between revisions of "Expressing "not often" with "bu zenme""

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When you use 不怎么 (bù zěnme) in front of a verb, it means "seldom" or "not often."
 
When you use 不怎么 (bù zěnme) in front of a verb, it means "seldom" or "not often."
  
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
  
* [[How to do something]]
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== Sources and further reading ==
 
== Sources and further reading ==
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* [[Short-term Spoken Chinese: Elementary (汉语口语速成基础篇)]] (pp. 139) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00326U9MS/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B00326U9MS →buy]
 
* [[Short-term Spoken Chinese: Elementary (汉语口语速成基础篇)]] (pp. 139) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00326U9MS/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B00326U9MS →buy]
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{{Basic Grammar|不怎么|B1|不怎么 + V|我 <em>不怎么 吃</em> 猪肉。|grammar point|ASG5BOGP}}

Revision as of 06:01, 13 June 2012

When you use 不怎么 (bù zěnme) in front of a verb, it means "seldom" or "not often."

Structure

Subject + 不怎么 + Verb

Examples

Some examples:

  • 不怎么 说话。
  • 不怎么 吃 猪肉。
  • 我 老公 不怎么 做饭。
  • 中国 大学生 不怎么 学习。
  • 最近 我们 不怎么 看 电视 。

See also

Sources and further reading

Books