Difference between revisions of "Preposition"

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-按，按照，把，被，比，从，当，到，对，对于，给，根据，跟，关于，和，将，据，靠，离，连，凭，让，替，通过，同，往，为，为了，为着，向，沿着，用，由，与，在，朝，朝着，照，至于，自从
+== Potential content ==
+* Can indicate:
+** Time, place, direction
+** Object or target
+** Reason
+** Manner
+** Passive
+** Comparison
+** Exclusion
+* Cannot be used alone
+* Cannot be reduplicated
+* Cannot take aspect particles 了, 着, 过 (in general)
+* Cannot form positive-negative questions
+* Prepositions collocate (go with) certain objects, e.g.
+** 在, 从 usually go with locations
+** 从 can also go with time words
+** 离 goes with lengths of time or distances
+** 对 indicates objects, recipients or targets
+** 给 also indicates objects, recipients and targets, and also indicates that something is being done ''for'' them
+** 连 introduces objects that are surprising or unexpected
+** 被 marks the agent (the person or thing performing the action) in [[Passive voice|passive constructions]]
+== Sources ==
+* [http://www.amazon.cn/mn/detailApp?_encoding=UTF8&tag=allset-23&linkCode=as2&asin=B001J0ADWA&camp=536&creative=3132&creativeASIN=B001J0ADWA 外国人实用汉语语法(中英文对照)] (pp. 116 - 123)
 [[Category:Parts of speech]]
 [[Category:Function words]]