<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 &quot;you know, that kind of thing&quot; after a list of things.</p>
<h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>
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<p>A 啊， B 啊， C 啊⋯⋯</p>
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<h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
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<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">&quot;Developing Chinese&quot; and &quot;The Practical Chinese Reader,&quot; we've studied both of them, they won't help.</span></li>
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<p>As in the first example, the list can be followed by <a href="Ending_a_Non-Exhaustive_List_with_&quot;shenme_de&quot;" 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>
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<li><a href="Ending_a_Non-Exhaustive_List_with_&quot;shenme_de&quot;" title="wikilink">Ending a Non-Exhaustive List with &quot;shenme de&quot;</a></li>
<li><a href="Sentence-final_interjection_&quot;a&quot;" title="wikilink">Sentence-final interjection &quot;a&quot;</a></li>
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<h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and Further Reading</h2>
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<li><a href="现代汉语八百词" class="uri" title="wikilink">现代汉语八百词</a> (p.47) <a href="http://www.amazon.cn/mn/detailApp?_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=allset-23&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;asin=B001198GSW&amp;camp=536&amp;creative=3132&amp;creativeASIN=B001198GSW">→buy</a></li>
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