Chinese Multimedia

Lesson 20

Video and text
Listening and speaking
Vocabulary
Grammar exercises

 


Question: Ask your classmate if she can remember all the grammar exercises which you did in class this morning.

Hint 1 Hint 1   Use potential verb complement
Hint 2 Hint 2   Be able to remember: 记 得 住
Comments Answer  今 天 上 午 在 课 堂 上 作 的 语 法 练 习 你 都 记 得 住 吗? Listen
Comments Comments  Alternatively: 你 都 能 记 住 .../你 都 能 记 得 住 今 天 上 午 在 课 堂 上 作 的 语 法 练 习 吗
nǐ dōu néng jì zhù .../ nǐ dōu néng jì de zhù jīntiān shàngwǔ zài kètáng shàng zuò de yǔfǎ liànxí ma? The modal verb 能 néng can be used as an alternative. The resultative verb 看 懂 kàn dǒng understand it by reading can take the potential verb complement form of 看 得 懂 kàn de dǒng able to understand by reading. If 能 néng is used this becomes 能 看 懂 néng kàn dǒng can understand by reading. However, some idiomatic potential verb phrases, such as 对 不 起 duì bu qǐ sorry / excuse me cannot be replaced by using this modal verb 能 néng.
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