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How flexible is the word order in Chinese sentence structures?
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Jan 31
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sentence structure
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What is the old/new information contrast in a sentence?
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Jan 30
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old information
new information
sentence
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Can 吗 ma be omitted in a rhetorical question?
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Jan 25
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rhetorical question
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Both "Jiào (叫)" and "chēng (称)" can be translated as "call" in English, what are the differences?
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Jan 23
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verbs
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What is the difference between 他跑得很慢 and 他跑得很慢了?
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Jan 21
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chinese-grammatical-markers
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What is the difference between adverbial modifiers (time/ location) in Chinese and English?
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Jan 20
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sentence_structure
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What is the function of ZHE (著) in Chinese?
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Jan 19
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chinese-grammatical-markers
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Give some examples of imperative clauses when two constructions are interchangeable.
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Jan 18
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imperative clause
constructions
interchangeable
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Give some examples of adverbials express restriction.
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Jan 14
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adverbial
restriction
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Give some examples of adverbials express approximation.
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Jan 13
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adverbial
approximation
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How does adverbials express the information about modality?
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Jan 12
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adverbial
modality
function
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Give some examples of “Verb + De complement” constructions with manner adverbials.
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Jan 11
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verb+de complement
manner adverbial
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What is the function of grammatical construction "連 … 也/都…"?
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Jan 10
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adverbs
sentence_structure
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Give an example of ‘Subject + verb + object’ sentence order in Chinese.
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Jan 9
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subject
verb
object
sentence structure
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What is the position of negative adverb 不bú in a sentence?
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Jan 7
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negative
adverb
不bú
sentence structure
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What is the order of a sentence when adverbs appear before the verbal phrase or the adjective?
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Jan 7
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adverb
verbal phrase
adjective
sentence structure
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How to use to use the structure ‘X 没有méi yǒu Y (那么 nà me) + adjective’?
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Dec 24, 2022
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negative
comparison
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DEC - How to explain Chinese as a topic prominent language to foreign learners?
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Dec 23, 2022
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Give some examples of causative construction.
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Dec 21, 2022
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causative construction
rang
jiao
shi
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How does the scope of negation extend from the negative adverb ‘bù’ or ‘méi’?
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Dec 20, 2022
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scope of negation
negative adverb
adverb
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