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    On the reduplication of verbs

    nº 24: 孙洪威 Sun Hongwei | 1 may 2014

    In Chinese language there are several verbs using reduplication. If we use A to represent a monosyllabic verb, and AB for disyllabic verbs, the form to reduplicate monosyllabic and disyllabic verbs will be “AA” and “ABAB”. This form of verb reduplication has very regular and popular linguistic variations, but not all verbs can be reduplicated. According to the data accessed, the verbs that can be reduplicated are roughly 70%. In this section we detail the necessary steps to apply the reduplication rules.

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    Eight things you should know about hǎo (好, fine, good) adjective.

    nº 23: 孙洪威 Sun Hongwei | 1 march 2014

    The hǎo Chinese character (好, fine, good, excellent) is formed by combining two other characters: nǚ (女, woman) and zǐ (子, son), and it had formerly the meaning of “beautiful woman”. There are several uses of the hǎo (好) Chinese adjective since it is widely used. In this issue we detail the eight most common ways of using it.

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    Teaching of the possibility supplement in Chinese

    nº 22: Liu Zhihui | 1 january 2014

    The structure of the possibility supplement is a key to teaching Chinese as a foreign language, as it presents some difficulty to learn it. Mistakes in its use are common because students often do not know in what circumstances it is used or what its conditions are. That is why we analyse the possibility supplement uses in Chinese language.

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    Tips for proper use of the adverb Jiu (就 exactly, precisely)

    nº 21: 东北师范大学文学院 杨加印 Yang Jiayin, Universidad Normal del Noreste de China | 1 november 2013

    Many beginning students of Chinese are confused by the use of jiù adverb (就 ,just as, precisely, right away, immediately, now, nothing less than, as soon as, just, even though, although, exactly) that is used frequently and has, as we see, many grammatical meanings. Now we talk about various uses of this special particle.

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