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Chinese grammar, usage of zai – as preposition for location, form question sentence, show continuous action as an adverbial adjunct; use zai bu zai to form question, how to negate zai, ne as continuous action maker. Jackie Chan Aspiration in my chest and Tarzan, Usher You’ll Be In My Heart

Posted on 01/17/2012 by Chinesetolearn

Don’t worry, your eyes are fine, and your computer is not burning a hole either. The jumping fire on the character zai 在 just a little reminder to tell you that zai4 can be used to show continuous motion as … Continue reading →

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Chinese grammar — the ba structure ba zi ju 把字句：is ba a verb, a preposition, or a coverb? Understand the usage of ba structure and 鄧麗君Teresa Teng 把愛埋藏在心窩 ba ai cang zai xin wo Bury Love In The Hearts

Posted on 12/30/2011 by Chinesetolearn

The BA-construction (把字句 ba3 zi4 ju4 ) is an extremely important syntactic structure in Chinese, which is frequently used in daily Chinese conversation. Ba3 has been a quite special Chinese linguistic phenomenon and drawing a lot linguists’ attention to decide … Continue reading →

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