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  <h3><a name="Verb一下" id="Verb一下">Verb <span class=
  "hanzi">一</span> <span class="hanzi">下</span> (11)</a></h3>
  <p><span class="english">When</span> <span class="hanzi">一</span>
  <span class="hanzi">下</span> <span class="english">yíxià</span>
  <span class="english">is preceded by a verb, it has the following
  two functions.<br />
  1. It is used as a time measure to imply that an action lasts for
  a short time :</span></p>
  <p><span class="hanzi">我</span> <span> <span class=
  "hanzi">用</span> <span class="hanzi">一下</span></span>
  <span class="english">,</span> <span class="hanzi">好</span>
  <span class="hanzi">吗</span> <span class="english">?</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">wǒ <span>yòng</span> <span>yíxià</span>
  hăo ma</span> <span class="english"><a href=
  "Sound/wo%20yong%20yixia%20hao%20ma.wav"><img src=
  "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span></p>
  <p><span class="english">Could I use it for a little while?<br />
  2. <span>Verb</span></span> <span class="hanzi">一</span>
  <span class="hanzi">下</span> <span class="english">…</span>
  <span class="english">yíxià</span> <span class="english">is used
  to soften the tone of voice, as leaving a verb at the end of a
  sentence sounds too definite, or even rather crude.</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">There are two other formulas that have
  the same function.</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">1. Reduplication of verbs, as in:</span>
  <span class="hanzi">我给你 <span>介绍介绍</span></span> <span class=
  "english">…</span> <span class="english">wǒ gěi nĭ <span>jièshao
  jièshao</span>…</span> <span class="english"><a href=
  "Sound/wo%20gei%20ni%20jieshao%20jieshao.wav"><img src=
  "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span> <span class="english">let me
  introduce you</span> <span class="english">…</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">2. The verb</span> <span class=
  "hanzi">一</span> <span class="english">yi</span> <span class=
  "english">verb</span> <span class="english">pattern, as in</span>
  <span class="hanzi">请你 <span>说一说</span></span> <span class=
  "english">qĭng nĭ <span>shuō yi shuō</span></span> <span class=
  "english"><a href="Sound/qing%20ni%20shuoyishuo.wav"><img src=
  "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a> ( you) please speak.</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">If you have any questions about this
  explanation, please click here.</span></p>
  <p><a title="These must be submitted before your lessons."
  target="_blank" href="Lessons%201-13.htm#v%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%8B"
  style="text-decoration: none">Assignments.</a></p>
  <p>Translate the sentences into Chinese. (4, stative verb)</p>
  <p>I am very busy.</p>
  <p>You are very busy too.</p>
  <p>His brothers are all very busy.</p>
  <p>His younger brother is not busy.</p>
  <p>They are not all busy.</p>
  <p>I am very well. Are you well?</p>
  <p>I'm very well too.</p>
  <p>We are all very well.</p>
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