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quius
Date : 2008-09-17 / 01:54PM
Ni hao wo de peng you? Wo xiang zhi dao shuo “be, don’t be, and commands.”
Ex: Be nice, good, happy, quiet….etc
Ex: Don’t be mean, angry….etc
Ex: Let’s go eat, speak louder, don’t speak, get out, leave….etc
Do you understand my examples? In English, we call them commands. Do you get that?
Xia ce jian!
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| | Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com
2008-09-17 / 03:48PM | | Hi Quius, be in your examples doesn’t exist in Chinese grammar. We don’t say that way. We would say:
1. kè qì yì diǎn = be nice
2. hǎo yì diǎn = be good
3. gāo xìng yì diǎn = Be happy
4. be quiet = àn jìng yì diǎn
“Don’t” in Chinese is “bú yào"
Don’t be angry = bú yào shēng qì
Don’t eat KFC = bú yào chī KFC
Let’s go eat = wǒ men qù chī fàn ba
Speak louder = shuō xiǎng yì diǎn/ shēng yīn dà yi diǎn
Don’t speak = bú yào shuō huà
get out = chū qù
Benny
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