Result complement "-cuo"
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Everyone makes mistakes, especially when you start learning Chinese. Learn how to use the result complement 错 (cuò) to express making mistakes!
Structure
To express that an action resulted in an error, you can use a result complement with -错. This covers what is often expressed with the adverb "incorrectly" in English.
Object + Subject + Verb + 错 + 了
Note that this sentence puts the object first as a topic.
Examples
- 这 个 字 你 写 错 了。You wrote this character wrong.
- 你 说 的 话 我 听 错 了。I misheard what you said.
- 我 记 错 了。I remembered wrongly.
As with all result complements, the -错 result complement works particularly well in a 把 sentence.
See also
Sources and further reading
Books
- A Practical Chinese Grammar For Foreigners (外国人实用汉语语法) (pp. 273 - 284) →buy
- Chinese: An Essential Grammar, Second Edition (pp. 97-9) →buy
- Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (pp. 42) →buy
- Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (pp. 86) →buy
- Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1 (pp. 152 - 153) →buy
- New Practical Chinese Reader 2 (新实用汉语课本2) (pp. 87 - 88) →buy
- Practicing HSK Grammar (语法精讲精炼) (pp, 186-187) →buy
