Difference between revisions of "Turning adjectives into adverbs"
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* [[Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar]] (pp. 72) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933330899/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=1933330899 →buy] | * [[Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar]] (pp. 72) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933330899/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=1933330899 →buy] | ||
| + | * [[Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1]] (pp. 192) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887276792/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0887276792 →buy] | ||
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[[Category:Adverbs]] | [[Category:Adverbs]] | ||
Revision as of 06:57, 6 January 2012
You can easily convert Chinese adjectives into adverbs with 地 (de). This character is very similar to the English suffix -ly.
The structure is:
Subject + Adjective + 地 + Verb
Some examples:
- 你 要 很 认真 地 学习。
- 爷爷 慢慢 地 走路。
- 我们 舒服 地 躺 在 那里。
Sources and further reading
Books
- Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar (pp. 72) →buy
- Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1 (pp. 192) →buy
