{"id":15813,"date":"2020-01-10T05:16:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T05:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-grammar\/chinese-grammar-when-to-use-a-ba-sentence\/"},"modified":"2020-01-10T05:16:07","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T05:16:07","slug":"chinese-grammar-when-to-use-a-ba-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/chinese-grammar-when-to-use-a-ba-sentence\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese grammar: When to use a \u628a sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  \tThe conditions for using a \u628a sentence were briefly mentioned above. These are:<\/p>\n<p>  \tThe object is known. (It&#39;s already been mentioned or discussed previously.)<br \/>  \tThe sentence describes what happened to the object in some detail (it&#39;s not just a &quot;bare&quot; verb; there&#39;s &quot;more stuff&quot; after the verb).<\/p>\n<p>  \t<strong>Known object<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  \t\u628a sentences can only deal with objects that are previously known about or have been clearly established in context. In other words, \u628a sentences should have objects that are obvious.<\/p>\n<p>  \tThis means that the object must either be definite (often preceded by &#39;the&#39; in English), or generic. A generic object is a general class of things that the listener should know about. For example:<\/p>\n<p><div>W\u01d2 y\u01d2u sh&iacute; hou b\u01ce ch&aacute; d\u0101n\u0261 k\u0101 f\u0113i h\u0113.<br \/>  \t\u6211 \u6709\u65f6\u5019 \u628a \u8336 \u5f53 \u5496\u5561 \u559d\u3002<\/div>\n<div>Sometimes I drink tea instead of coffee.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>  \tHere \u8336 and \u5496\u5561 do not refer to any particular cups of tea or coffee, but to these drinks in general. This is acceptable because as general classes of things (generic objects), these are known and understood by the listener.<br \/>  \tDisposal (what happened to the object)<\/p>\n<p>  \tThe other requirement for a \u628a sentence is that it described what happened to the object, or its end fate as far as the sentence is concerned. This rules out any actions that don&#39;t have a clear effect on the object, such as psychological verbs. For example, you generally can&#39;t use \u628a sentences to describe emotions or perceptions. Something has to be done to the object, and not just done by the subject.<\/p>\n<p>  \t<strong>Some examples: <\/strong><br \/>  \t&times; \u6211 \u628a \u4ed6 \u60f3\u5ff5\u3002<\/p>\n<p>  \tNone of these are acceptable \u628a sentences because the object is not directly changed or affected by the verb. There is no disposal. So far so good. But it can get a bit trickier. The object does not have to be physically affected in the real world for a \u628a sentence to be acceptable. For example, a \u628a sentence could be used to describe something being written down:<\/p>\n<p><div>W\u01d2 b\u01ce w\u01d2 de x&igrave;n\u0261 m&iacute;n\u0261 xi\u011b xi&agrave; l&aacute;i le.<br \/>  \t\u6211 \u628a \u6211\u7684 \u59d3\u540d \u5199 \u4e0b\u6765 \u4e86\u3002<\/div>\n<div>I wrote my last name down.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>  \tHere the name hasn&#39;t been physically affected, but it has been converted into written form so its disposal is still described. Another example:<\/p>\n<p><div>W\u01d2 b\u01ce n&agrave; ji&agrave;n sh&igrave; shu\u014d ch\u016b l&aacute;i le .<br \/>  \t\u6211 \u628a \u90a3 \u4ef6 \u4e8b \u8bf4 \u51fa\u6765 \u4e86\u3002<\/div>\n<div>I talked about that thing.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>  \tAgain, the &#39;something&#39; in this sentence can&#39;t be &#39;changed&#39; or &#39;affected&#39; by being spoken about, but it is a change of form so a \u628a sentence can be used. Even real world objects that do physically exist do not need to be physically affected to appear in a \u628a sentence:<\/p>\n<p><div>T\u0101 b\u01ce ji\u0101 l\u01d0 sh\u014du shi d&eacute; h\u011bn \u0261\u0101n j&igrave;n\u0261.<br \/>  \t\u5979 \u628a \u5bb6\u91cc \u6536\u62fe \u5f97 \u5f88 \u5e72\u51c0\u3002<\/div>\n<div>He cleaned the inside of the house very well.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>  \tThese three disposals are all different types of interactions with an object, but each is a disposal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-4053060045\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The conditions for using a \u628a sentence were briefly mentioned above. These are:  \tThe object is known. (It&#39;s already been mentioned or discussed previously.)<br \/>\n  \tThe sentence describes what happened to the object in some detail (it&#39;s not just a &quot;bare&quot; verb; there&#39;s &quot;more stuff&quot; after the verb).<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[22],"class_list":["post-15813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-grammar","tag-chinese-grammar"],"views":159,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}