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Chinese Grammar -Coordinative Phrases 并列短语

A coordinative phrase is a single formed by two or much more phrases on the exact same portion of speech in coordinative relation. The terms in a coordinative phrase may possibly be separated by conjunction. The serial comma “、” can also be utilized to separate words in a coordinative phrase. When much more than two words are joined, a conjunction is positioned just before the last one. For instance:

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Lesson 058 What Do You Want to Buy?

Yajie: Perfect Chinese your way, in only five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio. 我是Yajie。
Cam: Wo Shi Cam. Da4 Jia1 Hao3. I’m planning to go shopping in a typical Chinese market later this week..
Yajie: Cool. So what do you want to buy?
Cam:  Well, let’s hear key words of the day.

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Lesson 058 What Do You Want to Buy?

Yajie: Perfect Chinese your way, in only five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio. 我是Yajie。
Cam: Wo Shi Cam. Da4 Jia1 Hao3. I’m planning to go shopping in a typical Chinese market later this week..
Yajie: Cool. So what do you want to buy?
Cam:  Well, let’s hear key words of the day.

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第一课 打车 Lesson One Taking a Taxi (2)

Dominic: These days most taxis in Beijing are equipped with a reliable metre that starts at 10 yuan for the first three kilometres, which works out at approximately 1.5 dollars, and then increases at around 2 yuan per kilometre after that. Nevertheless, it’s still sensible to get a good idea of the price before you start your journey. To do that, you can simply say 大概多少钱?
Dominic to taxi driver: 师傅,大概多少钱?

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