{{Grammar Box}} 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. == Structure ==
Statement + 吧
== Examples ==
* 这 不 太 好 Zhè bù tài hǎo ba.This isn't so good. * 算了 Suàn le ba.Let's forget it. * 应该 是 Yīnggāi shì ba.It should be. * 钱 太 少 了 Qián tài shǎo le ba.It's too little money. * 再 等 一 等 Zài děng yī děng ba.Wait a little longer. * 太 晚 了 ,不要 走 了 Tài wǎn le, bùyào zǒu le ba.It's too late now, don't leave. * 你们 早 点 来 Nǐmen zǎo diǎn lái ba.Come a little earlier. * 快 点 , 要 迟到 了。Kuài diǎn ba, yào chídào le.Please hurry, we're going to be late. * 太 贵 了 , 我 不 买 了。 Tài guì le ba, wǒ bù mǎi le.It's too expensive. I'm not buying it. * 那 个 地方 太 远 了 ,我 不 想 去。 Nàge dìfang tài yuǎn le ba,wǒ bù xiǎng qù.That place is too far away. I don't want to go.
==See also== *[[Suggestions with "ba"]] *[[Conceding with "ba"]] *[[Reviewing options with "ba"]] *[[Verb reduplication]] == Sources and further reading == === Books === * [[Chinese Grammar - Broken down into 100 items - Basic and Intermediate Levels (汉语语法百项讲练 - 初中级)]] [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] * [[Short-term Spoken Chinese: Pre-Intermediate (汉语口语速成提高篇)]] (pp. 52-3) * [[Short-term Spoken Chinese: Elementary (汉语口语速成基础篇)]] (p. 98) [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] * [[Boya Chinese Elementary Starter 1 (博雅汉语初经起步篇)]] (p. 55) [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] * [[New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (新实用汉语课本4)]] (p. 246) [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] * [[Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 2]] (pp. 191- 2) [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] [[Category:A2 grammar points]] {{Basic Grammar|吧|A2|⋯⋯吧|这样 不 太 好 。|grammar point|ASGDHC1H}} {{Similar|Suggestions with ba}} {{Similar|Conceding with "ba"}} {{Similar|Verb reduplication}} {{Similar|Softening the tone of questions with "ne"}} {{Used for|Expressing attitude}} {{POS|Particles}}