<!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta name="generator" content= "HTML Tidy for HTML5 for Linux version 5.2.0" /> <title></title> </head> <body> <p>When listing nouns belonging to a certain category, 啊 (a) can be added to the end of each noun to give an informal feeling a bit like saying "you know, that kind of thing" after a list of things.</p> <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2> <div class="jiegou"> <p>A 啊， B 啊， C 啊⋯⋯</p> </div> <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> <div class="liju"> <ul> <li>我们 什么 零食 都 有，花生 <em>啊</em>，瓜子 <em>啊</em>，薯片 <em>啊</em>，你 随便 吃 吧。<span class="trans">We have all sorts of snacks: peanuts, roasted seeds, chips, go ahead and eat whatever you want.</span></li> <li>椅子 <em>啊</em>，桌子 <em>啊</em>，电脑 <em>啊</em> 什么的 都 买 好 了，现在 办公室 只 差 招 员工 了！<span class="trans">Chairs, tables, computers, and so one have all been bough. Now the office only needs to hire workers!</span></li> <li>《发展 汉语》 <em>啊</em>， 《实用 汉语 课本》 <em>啊</em>，我 都 学 过，没 用！<span class="trans">"Developing Chinese" and "The Practical Chinese Reader," we've studied both of them, they won't help.</span></li> </ul> </div> <p>As in the first example, the list can be followed by <a href= "Ending_a_Non-Exhaustive_List_with_"shenme_de"" title= "wikilink">什么的</a>, but is not generally followed by 等 as this feels too formal.</p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li><a href= "Ending_a_Non-Exhaustive_List_with_"shenme_de"" title= "wikilink">Ending a Non-Exhaustive List with "shenme de"</a></li> <li><a href="Sentence-final_interjection_"a"" title= "wikilink">Sentence-final interjection "a"</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and Further Reading</h2> <ul> <li><a href= "%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%A3%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E5%85%AB%E7%99%BE%E8%AF%8D" class="uri" title="wikilink">现代汉语八百词</a> (p.47) <a href= "http://www.amazon.cn/mn/detailApp?_encoding=UTF8&tag=allset-23&linkCode=as2&asin=B001198GSW&camp=536&creative=3132&creativeASIN=B001198GSW"> →buy</a></li> </ul> <p><a href="Category:_B2_grammar_points" title="wikilink">Category: B2 grammar points</a></p> </body> </html>