<p>The particle 吧 (ba) can be used to soften the feel of a sentence. This could be to make it more polite, gentler and less forceful, or to turn a command into a suggestion.</p> <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2> <div class="jiegou"> <p>Statement + 吧</p> </div> <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> <div class="liju"> <ul> <li>这 不 太 好 <em>吧</em> 。<span class="pinyin"> Zhè bù tài hǎo <em>ba</em>.</span><span class="trans">This isn't so good.</span></li> <li>算了 <em>吧</em> 。<span class="pinyin"> Suàn le <em>ba</em>.</span><span class="trans">Let's forget it.</span></li> <li>应该 是 <em>吧</em> 。<span class="pinyin"> Yīnggāi shì <em>ba</em>.</span><span class="trans">It should be.</span></li> <li>钱 太 少 了 <em>吧</em> 。<span class="pinyin"> Qián tài shǎo le <em>ba</em>.</span><span class="trans">It's too little money.</span></li> <li>再 等 一 等 <em>吧</em> 。<span class="pinyin"> Zài děng yī děng <em>ba</em>.</span><span class="trans">Wait a little longer.</span></li> <li>太 晚 了 ，不要 走 了 <em>吧</em> 。<span class="pinyin">Tài wǎn le, bùyào zǒu le <em>ba</em>.</span><span class="trans">It's too late now, don't leave.</span></li> <li>你们 早 点 来 <em>吧</em> 。 <span class="pinyin">Nǐmen zǎo diǎn lái <em>ba</em>.</span><span class="trans">Come a little earlier.</span></li> <li>快 点 <em>吧</em> ， 要 迟到 了。<span class="pinyin">Kuài diǎn <em>ba</em>, yào chídào le.</span><span class="trans">Please hurry, we're going to be late.</span></li> <li>太 贵 了 <em>吧</em> ， 我 不 买 了。 <span class="pinyin">Tài guì le <em>ba</em>, wǒ bù mǎi le.</span><span class="trans">It's too expensive. I'm not buying it.</span></li> <li>那 个 地方 太 远 了 <em>吧</em>，我 不 想 去。 <span class="pinyin"> Nàge dìfang tài yuǎn le <em>ba</em>，wǒ bù xiǎng qù.</span><span class="trans">That place is too far away. I don't want to go.</span></li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li><a href="Suggestions_with_"ba"" title="wikilink">Suggestions with "ba"</a></li> <li><a href="Conceding_with_"ba"" title="wikilink">Conceding with "ba"</a></li> <li><a href="Reviewing_options_with_"ba"" title="wikilink">Reviewing options with "ba"</a></li> <li><a href="Verb_reduplication" title="wikilink">Verb reduplication</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2> <h3 id="books">Books</h3> <ul> <li><a href="Chinese_Grammar_-_Broken_down_into_100_items_-_Basic_and_Intermediate_Levels_(汉语语法百项讲练_-_初中级)" title="wikilink">Chinese Grammar - Broken down into 100 items - Basic and Intermediate Levels (汉语语法百项讲练 - 初中级)</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.cn/gp/product/B004WA6JSQ/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-23&linkCode=as2&camp=536&creative=3132&creativeASIN=B004WA6JSQ">→buy</a></li> <li><a href="Short-term_Spoken_Chinese:_Pre-Intermediate_(汉语口语速成提高篇)" title="wikilink">Short-term Spoken Chinese: Pre-Intermediate (汉语口语速成提高篇)</a> (pp. 52-3)</li> <li><a href="Short-term_Spoken_Chinese:_Elementary_(汉语口语速成基础篇)" title="wikilink">Short-term Spoken Chinese: Elementary (汉语口语速成基础篇)</a> (p. 98) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00326U9MS/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B00326U9MS">→buy</a></li> <li><a href="Boya_Chinese_Elementary_Starter_1_(博雅汉语初经起步篇)" title="wikilink">Boya Chinese Elementary Starter 1 (博雅汉语初经起步篇)</a> (p. 55) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/7301075294/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=7301075294">→buy</a></li> <li><a href="New_Practical_Chinese_Reader_4_(新实用汉语课本4)" title="wikilink">New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (新实用汉语课本4)</a> (p. 246) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/7561913192/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=7561913192">→buy</a></li> <li><a href="Integrated_Chinese:_Level_2,_Part_2" title="wikilink">Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 2</a> (pp. 191- 2) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887276881/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0887276881">→buy</a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><a href="Category:A2_grammar_points" title="wikilink">Category:A2 grammar points</a></p>