Difference between revisions of "Softening speech with "ba""

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==See also==
 
==See also==
 
*[[Suggestions with ba]]
 
*[[Suggestions with ba]]
*[[Softening speech with "ba"]]
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*[[Conceding with "ba"]]
 
*[[Verb reduplication]]
 
*[[Verb reduplication]]
  
 
[[Category:A2 grammar points]]
 
[[Category:A2 grammar points]]

Revision as of 04:04, 22 November 2011

The particle 吧 can be used to soften the feel of a sentence. This could be to make it more polite, gentler and less forceful, or to turn a command into a suggestion. The structure is:

Subject + Verb + Object + 吧

Some examples:

  • 这样 不 太 好
  • 咱们 喝 啤酒
  • 算了
  • 应该 是

Note that to make suggestions for a group of people including oneself, 咱们 is often used with 吧.

See also