How do you say, "Today I am very tired" in Chinese? |
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How do you say, "Today I am very tired" in Chinese?
Some students often reply to this question with the following
answer:
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Yes it is true, Chinese people will be able to understand you.
But unfortunately this is wrong. In the Chinese language, we do
not use "to be" (shi 是) between subjects and adjectives
Therefore, the sentence should be: |
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Yes it is true, Chinese people will be able to understand you.
But unfortunately this is wrong. In the Chinese language, we do
not use "to be" (shi 是) between subjects and adjectives
Therefore, the sentence should be:
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| Why do some students use the wrong grammar for this sentence?
The answer is simple; students of Chinese language are often influenced
by their own languages. It is common in many languages around the
world to use verbs between subjects and adjectives and even students
who have been studying Chinese for years make these small mistakes
from time to time. |
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| Related Topics: |
| Expressions: 语气助词“吧” The auxilliary
word“吧” |
| Phrases: 定中词组 + “的” |
| Phrases: 动宾词组 The verb-object phrase |
| Sentence Patterns: 用“吗”的是非问句 |
| Sentence Patterns: 形容词谓语句 |
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