Henry

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From :   Henry

Date : 2008-12-08 / 12:25PM

hello benny, ni hao

How do I use the word dòng (动) ?? can you give me some examples?

thank you very much

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 Benny the Manager bennysland.com 
2008-12-10 / 10:02AM

Hi,Henry,

Actually, 动 has a lot of usage in different situations. Here i can give you two general examples.

A: 动 as a verb means" move", but for subject itself, like " 我以为这条鱼死了,可是它动了——i thought the fish died, but it moved a bit."

B:动 as a auxiliary verb, it indicates “can make it or not”, usually, we use it as a negative form with "不“。
Eg: 我走不动了。I cannot walk any further.
我搬不动它。i can not move it.

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