Difference between revisions of "Preposition"

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** 被 marks the agent (the person or thing performing the action) in [[Passive voice|passive constructions]]
 
** 被 marks the agent (the person or thing performing the action) in [[Passive voice|passive constructions]]
 
* Some prepositions are also verbs, and others are exclusively prepositions <ref>[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)", p. 123]</ref>.
 
* Some prepositions are also verbs, and others are exclusively prepositions <ref>[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)", p. 123]</ref>.
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** 比 ... 得多 / 多了
* 按照
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** 比 ... 更 / 还
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** ... 比 ... 都 ...
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** ... 比起 ... 来 ...
 
* 朝
 
* 朝
 
* 趁
 
* 趁
* 从
 
 
* 当
 
* 当
 
* 对
 
* 对

Revision as of 03:29, 25 July 2011

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 constructions
  • Some prepositions are also verbs, and others are exclusively prepositions [1].
    • 比 ... 得多 / 多了
    • 比 ... 更 / 还
    • ... 比 ... 都 ...
    • ... 比起 ... 来 ...
  • 对于
  • 关于
  • 随着
  • 为了
  • 向依照
  • 自从
  • 在 ... 上, 中, 下

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