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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

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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Mandarin sentence – How to say : “I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month” in Chinese: Chinese grammar Ba structure – active voice maker, direct object marker, and what is Christmas spirit and Richard Marx Christmas Spirit

“I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month” is a quote by Harlan Miller. [audio:http://www.chinesetolearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/listen-to.mp3|titles=listen to] 我希望我们能把圣旦节的精神装在罐子里,然后每个月打开一罐。wo3 xi1 wang4 wo3 men5 neng2 ba3 sheng4 dan4 jie2 de5 … Continue reading

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