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  <h3><a>Stative verbs</a>(1 &amp; 2)</h3>
  <p><span class="english">A stative verb expresses quality or
  conditions, as</span> <span class="hanzi">好</span> <span class=
  "english">hăo</span> <span class="english">to be good</span>
  <span class="english">and</span> <span class="hanzi">忙</span>
  <span class="english">máng</span> <span class="english">to be
  busy</span> <span class="english">. In Chinese a stative verb is
  used where in English one would use the verb ‘to be’ with an
  adjective. For instance,</span> <span class="hanzi">他很
  <span>忙</span></span> <span class="english">tā hěn máng</span>
  <a href="Sound/ta%20hen%20mang.wav"><img src=
  "../Misc/BD18249_.wmf" width="19" height="18" /></a> <span class=
  "english">he is very busy</span> <span class=
  "english">.</span></p>
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    <tbody>
      <tr>
        <td>
          <p><span class="english">Subject</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p><span class="english">Predicate</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>
          <p><span class="hanzi">他</span> <span class=
          "english">(pronoun)</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p><span class="english">←</span> <span class=
          "hanzi">忙</span> <span class="english">(stative
          verb)</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td></td>
        <td>
          <p><span class="english">↑</span></p>
        </td>
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        <td></td>
        <td>
          <p><span class="hanzi">很</span> <span class=
          "english">(adverbial intensifier)</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
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  <h3 style="line-height:150%"><a name=
  "order of adverbs 很 不 etc">↓</a></h3>
  <p><span class="english">The word</span> <span class=
  "hanzi">忙</span> <span class="english">máng</span> <span class=
  "english">to be busy</span> <span class="english">is a stative
  verb in the above sentence. A monosyllabic stative verb is often
  preceded by the adverbial intensifier</span> <span class=
  "hanzi">很</span> <span class="english">hĕn</span> <span class=
  "english">very. As you may have noticed, the adverbial
  intensifier</span> <span class="hanzi">很</span> <span class=
  "english">hĕn</span> <span class="english">veryis placed before
  the stative verb</span> <span class="hanzi">好</span> <span class=
  "english">hăo</span> <span class="english">to be good</span>
  <span class="english">.</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">As with any Chinese verb, the
  negation</span> <span class="hanzi">不</span> <span class=
  "english">bù</span> <span class="english">notshould be placed
  before the verb, as in</span> <span class="hanzi">不
  <span>忙</span></span> <span class="english">bù
  <span>máng</span></span> <span class="english">not to be
  busy.</span> <span class="hanzi">不</span> <span class=
  "english">bù</span> <span class="english">notis the only negation
  used for stative verbs. The negation</span> <span class=
  "hanzi">没</span> <span class="english">méi</span> <span class=
  "english">not for is not used for stative verbs.</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">Click following links to view Flash
  files.</span></p>
  <p><a target="_blank" href="Flash/A%20good%20book.swf" style=
  "text-decoration: none">The book is good.</a> <a style=
  "text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700" target="_blank" href=
  "Flash/A%20bad%20magazine.swf">The magazine is not good.</a>
  <a style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700" target=
  "_blank" href="Flash/Fish%20is%20good.swf">The fish is good</a>.
  <a style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700" target=
  "_blank" href="Flash/Green%20is%20no%20good.swf">The vegetable is
  no good</a>.</p>
  <p><span class="english"><a style="text-decoration: none" target=
  "_blank" href="SV%20Questions.html">If you have any questions
  about this explanation, please click here.</a></span></p>
  <p style="line-height: 150%"></p>
  <p style="line-height: 150%"><span class="english">How do you say
  the following sentence? Place the mouse on the following phrases
  to view the answers.</span></p>
  <p><a title="Tā hĕn hăo. " href="Sound/ta%20hen%20hao.wav">H
  <span class="english">e is very good</span></a> <span class=
  "english">? (He is</span> <span class="hanzi" style=
  "font-family: SimSun;">他</span> <span class="english" style=
  "font-family: Arial;">tā</span> <span class="english">, very
  is</span> <span class="hanzi" style=
  "font-family: SimSun;">很</span> <span class="english" style=
  "font-family: Arial;">hĕn</span> <span class="english">and you
  should know how to say good.)</span></p>
  <p><span class="english"><a style="text-decoration: none" title=
  "These must be submitted before your lessons." target="_blank"
  href="Lessons%201-13.htm#SV">Assignments</a> .</span></p>
  <h3>Translate the sentences into Chinese. (4, stative verb)</h3>
  <ol>
    <li>I am very busy.<br /></li>
    <li>You are very busy too.<br /></li>
    <li>His brothers are all very busy.<br /></li>
    <li>His younger brother is not busy.<br /></li>
    <li>They are not all busy.<br /></li>
    <li>I am very well. Are you well?<br /></li>
    <li>I'm very well too.<br /></li>
    <li>We are all very well.<br /></li>
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