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    VII. The complement of result used in&#160;<span class="pinyinst">bǎ</span>&#160;<span class="hanzist">把</span>&#160;sentences
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  <p>Because&#160;<span class="pinyin">bǎ</span>&#160;<span class="hanzi">把</span> sentences are used to point out what has happened to the object as the result of an action, the verb always has to take an element to indicate specifically how the object is consequentially affected or how someone intends to affect it. Therefore, the resultative complement is often used in <span class="pinyin">bǎ</span>&#160;<span class="hanzi">把</span> sentences.</p>

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<br/><span class="pinyin">Wǒ bǎ nǐ-de mén xiūhǎo le.</span> <br/> <span class="hanzi">我把你的门修好了。</span><br/> I fixed your door.<br/><br/> <span class="gris">The desired result of‘<b>repairing</b> ' is to make something work again --- to be as good as before. The stative verb&#160;<span class="pinyin">hǎo</span>&#160;<span class="hanzi">好</span>&#160;is used here to indicate the result of the action&#160;<span class="pinyin">xiū</span>&#160;<span class="hanzi">修</span>&#160;(to fix).</span><br/><br/></li>

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<br/><span class="pinyin">Wǒ bǎ jīntiān de zuòyè zuòwán le.</span> <br/> <span class="hanzi">我把今天的作业做完了。</span><br/> I finished today 's homework.<br/><br/> <span class="gris">The desired result of doing homework is to finish it. <span class="pinyin">Zuò</span> <span class="hanzi">做</span> indicates the action of '<b>doing</b> ' and <span class="pinyin">wán</span> <span class="hanzi">完</span> indicates <b>completion</b>. With the modal particle&#160;<span class="pinyin">le</span>&#160;<span class="hanzi">了</span>&#160;indicating accomplished fact, this sentence indicates that the subject (agent), <span class="pinyin">wǒ</span> <span class="hanzi">我</span>, has brought “<b>today 's homework</b>” to the stage of <b>completion</b> as a result of doing it.</span></li>
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