Book contents
- A Student Grammar of Chinese
- A Student Grammar of Chinese
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary of grammatical terms and abbreviations
- Special symbols
- Unit I Introduction
- Unit II Parts of speech
- 5 Introduction to parts of speech in Chinese
- 6 Nouns
- 7 Numbers
- 8 Measure words
- 9 Pronouns
- 10 Verbs
- 11 Modal verbs
- 12 Adjectives
- 13 Adverbs
- 14 Prepositions
- 15 Conjunctions
- 16 Particles
- Unit III Simple sentences
- Unit IV Special sentences
- Unit V Complicated sentences
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
- Word-to-Grammar Index
10 - Verbs
from Unit II - Parts of speech
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 April 2023
Book contents
- A Student Grammar of Chinese
- A Student Grammar of Chinese
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary of grammatical terms and abbreviations
- Special symbols
- Unit I Introduction
- Unit II Parts of speech
- 5 Introduction to parts of speech in Chinese
- 6 Nouns
- 7 Numbers
- 8 Measure words
- 9 Pronouns
- 10 Verbs
- 11 Modal verbs
- 12 Adjectives
- 13 Adverbs
- 14 Prepositions
- 15 Conjunctions
- 16 Particles
- Unit III Simple sentences
- Unit IV Special sentences
- Unit V Complicated sentences
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
- Word-to-Grammar Index
Summary
The use of transitive and intransitive verbs in Chinese grammar is introduced in this chapter. In particular, separable verbs (e.g., verb-object compounds), as a unique Chinese construction, are described in detail. In addition, special attention is paid to the expression of the temporal features of activities by suffixing the verbal aspects 了 le, 着 zhe, 过 guo, or the pre-verbal progressive marker 在 zài. Lastly, this chapter introduces the reduplication of verbs denoting tentativeness or the short duration of the action.
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- A Student Grammar of Chinese , pp. 107 - 125Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023