Never make these mistakes in Chinese 61

Foreigners often make some strange mistakes in Chinese when they study the most difficult language— —Chinese. We try to analyze typical sentences to correct these errors.

         Wǒ xǐhuɑn shuō hànyǔ, dànshì wǒ zhǐ shuō yìdián'ér 。
False: 我喜欢说汉语,但是我只说一点儿。
         Wǒ xǐhuɑn shuō hànyǔ, dànshì wǒ zhǐ huì shuō yìdián'ér 。
True: 我喜欢说汉语,但是我只会说一点儿。

“一点儿”表明通过学习、时间获得和掌握的汉语知识和能力极为有限,通常应在第二个谓语动词“说”的前边加“会”。
一点儿 is used here to indicate that one's knowledge and competence in the Chinese language acquired through learning and practice is rather limited. 会 is needed before the second predicate verb 说. 

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