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Lesson 21

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Grammar exercises

 


Question: Ask your roommate to wash the clothes which you changed out of yesterday.

Hint 1 Hint 1   Use the 把 construction
Hint 2 Hint 2   The clothes which you changed out of yesterday昨天换huàn下来的 衣服
Comments Answer  请你把我昨天换下来的衣服洗一下。 Listen
Comments Comments  Alternatively: 我昨天换下来的衣服请你洗一下
wǒ zuótiān huàn xià lái de yīfu qǐng nǐ xǐ yíxià, or 请你洗一下我昨天换下来的衣服 qǐng nǐ xǐ yíxià wǒ zuótiān huàn xià lái de yīfu. When a sentence has only one object you can avoid the 把 bǎ construction by placing the topic in front of the subject, as demonstrated in the alternative sentence.
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