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== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==

Revision as of 17:24, 21 January 2012

Notes

  • 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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