Questions tagged [grammar]
Questions about the grammatical rules governing Chinese structure and composition.
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Is it possible to topicalize quantifiers in Chinese?
So I know you can topicalize proper names, you could say something like 小明，我喜欢他。or something like 书，我买了。
I want to ask if you can do the same for quantifiers - 很少人，很多人，每个人，没有人 for example.
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Correct understanding and use and of the words in 全都是用爷爷的番茄，生菜和黄瓜做的。
In the sentence
全都是用爷爷的番茄，生菜和黄瓜做的。
全都是 is a adverb to say without exception.
用 is a preposition to say "with"
爷爷的番茄 , is the object
生菜和黄瓜做 ,is the other part of the object
and 做的 , is the ...
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How many verbs can be used with 到?
I see 到 used with some verbs describing a result, I am wondering if there are a specific number of verbs in the structure V+(de)dao到. Is there an exhaustive number of verbs that can be used with V+ 到?...
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Subject + predicate as topic and prepositional phrases
I found this sentence while doing some listening practice:
长时间看电脑，对眼睛不好。
At first, I didn't understand why 长时间, expressing duration, is at the beginning of the sentence acting as topic 长时间看电脑, since I ...
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Distinguishing 忙 and 盲 from spoken Chinese
All words in Chinese are one syllable words or compound words of one syllables.
This leads to an incredible amount of homonyms in Chinese.
Take ''yi'' for example. There seem to be hundreds of ...
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what this mean - 丑八怪 , can any 1 teach the exact latest chinese words with meaning
I have a gaming group in which this term "丑八怪"is being used a lot along with the 眼皮底下, anyway all the letters look similar.
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What exactly are the meaning/function of 的 and 了?
In my experience, not 1 single 对外汉语教师 can explain these two words, the most popular-used, to the students, unfortunately, including myself. Can anyone explains is this sequence: 1. basic/fundamental ...
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从。。。看 , 是。。。的 and 方面 in this sentence
I have this sentence from my textbook that is very confusing to me.
您看看这个，不管从价格方面看，还是从质量上看，都是值得考虑的。
First I understand it's meant to mean along the lines of: "Look at this one, not only in ...
