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Repetition of the first verb (separable verbs)
他游泳游得很快. (He swims very fast.) What is the function of the repetition of the verb "游"?
There are different analyses of this sentence. One is to treat it as a combination of two sentences.
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Is 结尾 a (separable) verb?
Is 结尾 a (separable) verb?
Yes. Per 汉典:
結 <动> - 植物生长果实, 结果(bear fruit)。
结尾 - 结束(ending/terminate).
Similar words - 结(了)案; 结(了)婚; 结(了)帳
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Is 结尾 a (separable) verb?
If you search the corpus, "结了尾" exists but is very rare:
报道还再次对于为躲避右翼攻击，古义人一直是如何“处世”的做了点评，最后以“应该学习内弟不怕再次被刺的勇气”结了尾 。
结尾了 is much more common:
时间已经很紧了，再举出几件事实，再引述一句他的话，就只好这样结尾了。
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Repetition of the first verb (separable verbs)
First, so-called "separable verbs" are not verbs (it's a misleading name), but rather verb-object pairs with a strong affinity for occurring together (i.e., collocations). E.g. in 跑步 the ...
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How are the sentences 我第一次挑战这么高难度的手术 and 这么高难度的手术我第一次挑战 grammatical? Where are the verbs?
here is a term called "词类活用" which means flexible utilize "parts of speech"(lexical category), and made it difficult to confirm words belong to verb or noun or other parts of ...
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