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Questions about verbs, their characteristics and their specific use.

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Is it 說 /说 / shuō or 講 / 讲 / jiǎng for "to speak a language"?

I've realized that I still don't know the way to talk about "speaking a language", for instance the Chinese equivalents to sentences like these: Do you speak English? I can speak a little Chinese. …
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Is the 有 in 你有想要买什么吗 some kind of auxiliary verb?

I was going to the convenience store and asked my local friend how to ask in Chinese "Do you want anything?" Her answer was: 你有想要买什么吗 I wasn't sure what to make of the 有 before the verb 想要 meaning " …
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