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* 让 我 <em>来</em> 吧。
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* 让 我 <em>来</em> 吧。 <span class="expl">(Let me do it.)</span>
* 他 给 你 <em>来</em>
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* 你 <em>来</em>! <span class="expl">(You do it!)</span>
  
 
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Revision as of 06:45, 17 August 2011

The verb 来 (lái) can be used as a "dummy verb", similar to the way "do" is used in English.

Some examples:

  • 让 我 吧。 (Let me do it.)
  • (You do it!)