Prepared by Eli Alberts

Chapter 12 

 Grammar Review

 

 

1.  Emphatic Negative (not a single, not at all, absolutely not)

  measure word (object)+也/都+不/没 +verb+ (resultative complement)

 

Examples:

 

            我一点儿也不想去看电影。

            这些菜我一个也不喜欢。

            学生餐厅的师傅我一个都不认识。

            他一碗汤也没点。

            我一点也不习惯美国的生活。

 

2.  Resultative Complement (RC)

a.       used with most action verbs—(action completed as expected), (action finished),  (action done incorrectly), (action reached the desired conclusion)

Examples

 

            功课做了,我要睡觉了。

你找钱了/我没找钱。

我没有找位子/我找位子了。 (found seat)

对不起,糖醋鱼已经卖了。(sold out

 

b. used mainly with verbs of perception—heard or saw something) understood something heard or seen),清楚heard or saw something clearly

Examples

 

            对不起,你说的话我没听清楚。请你再说一次。

            那个人是谁你看了吗?

            我听了你们说的话。

Since RC normally refers to action that has already been completed, the particle is usually present in the sentence. The negative form is () Verb RC.

 

3. Comparisons of amount and time 

多/少 +verb +specific amount + (object)

 Action done more or less, earlier or later than expected, required, allowed, or in        

comparison with others.

 

Examples:

 

            找了我一块钱。

            老师说要写五十个字,我写了四十五个。那我写了几个字?

            我比你吃了五个饺子。

            我比你喝了三瓶啤酒。

             

4. adj.+极了=extremely adj.

 

Examples:

 

极了,快极了,高兴极了,漂亮极了,帅极了,热极了,冷极了,有意思极了,好玩极了,好看极了,好吃极了etc.

 

5. Adjective reduplication (an emphatic way to show one's appreciation of something)

 

Examples:

 

            酸辣汤酸酸的,辣辣的,好喝极了。

            红烧牛肉甜甜的,很好吃。