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          dave
        
      
      Date : 2009-08-03 / 05:50PM
      
        Hey Benny xian sheng,
I want to know how to say “I grew up here.”
I was born in Taiwan but I grew up in the USA. What are different types of verbs for to grow like a person, animal, and plant?
Thank you!!!
       
      
      
        
        
          
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  |  |  Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com  2009-08-03 / 09:59PM |   |  Hi Dave, ni hao, 
You can say "wǒ zài zhè li zhǎng dà de 我在这里长大的 = I grew up here 
Benny 
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  |  |  Jenny hotmail.com  2009-08-04 / 11:25AM |   |  Actually, you can also use 长大 for animals. For plants, we use 生长 sheng1 zhang3.  |   |  
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