Grammar-wiki-B2-31.txt.html 4.3 KB

123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445
  1. <p>恐怕 (kǒngpà) can be used to express &quot;I'm afraid that,&quot; or &quot;I'm concerned that,&quot; or even &quot;I'm worried that,&quot; followed by some sort of reason. It doesn't need to be something you're literally <em>afraid of</em>; it may be that you're just trying to soften the blow of some bad news, as in, &quot;I'm afraid that I'm too busy washing my hair tomorrow night to come over and see the 2000 pictures of your trip to ComicCon.&quot;</p>
  2. <h3 id="structure">Structure</h3>
  3. <p>&quot;恐怕&quot; comes at the beginning of the sentence. The meaning is similar to &quot;perhaps&quot; or &quot;probably.&quot;</p>
  4. <div class="jiegou">
  5. <p>(Reason / Situation, ) 恐怕 + Fact / Conclusion</p>
  6. </div>
  7. <h3 id="examples">Examples</h3>
  8. <div class="liju">
  9. <ul>
  10. <li>明天 我 很 忙,<em>恐怕</em> 没有 时间。<span class="pinyin">Míngtiān wǒ hěn máng, <em>kǒngpà</em> méiyǒu shíjiān.</span><span class="trans">I'm busy tomorrow, I'm afraid I don't have time.</span></li>
  11. <li>已经 很 晚 了,<em>恐怕</em> 他 不 会 来 了。<span class="pinyin">Yǐjīng hěn wǎn le, <em>kǒngpà </em> tā bù huì lái le.</span><span class="trans">It's already very late. I'm afraid he's not coming.</span></li>
  12. <li>这样 做 <em>恐怕</em> 不行。<span class="pinyin">Zhèyàng zuò <em>kǒngpà</em> bù xíng.</span><span class="trans">I'm afraid it doesn't work this way.</span></li>
  13. <li>工作 太 多 了,<em>恐怕</em> 今天 做 不 完。<span class="pinyin"> Gōngzuò tài duō le, <em>kǒngpà </em> jīntiān zuò bù wán.</span><span class="trans">There's too much work. I'm afraid I can't finish it all today.</span></li>
  14. <li>饭 太 多 了,<em>恐怕</em> 我 吃 不 完。<span class="pinyin">Fàn tài duō le, <em>kǒngpà </em> wǒ chī bù wán.</span><span class="trans">Rice is too much. I'm afraid I can't eat it all.</span></li>
  15. </ul>
  16. </div>
  17. <h2 id="我-with-恐怕">我 with 恐怕</h2>
  18. <p>A common mistake many people make when learning &quot;恐怕“ is putting a pronoun, such as &quot;我,&quot; before ”恐怕.“ It's a reasonable assumption, as &quot;恐怕“ translates to, &quot;I'm afraid&quot; but the pronoun is more or less implied and grammatically incorrect when preceded by 我:</p>
  19. <div class="liju">
  20. <ul>
  21. <li>我 <em>恐怕</em>今天没有时间做作业。<span class="expl">Never put 我 before 恐怕!</span><span class="pinyin">Wǒ <em> kǒngpà</em> jīntiān méiyóǔ shíjiān zuò zuòyè.</span></li>
  22. <li><strong>恐怕</strong> <em>我</em> 今天 没有 时间 做 作业 。<span class="expl">Always use 恐怕 before 我.</span><span class="pinyin"><strong>Kǒngpà</strong> <em>wǒ</em> jīntiān méiyóu shíjiān zuò zuòyè.</span><span class="trans">I'm afraid today I don't have time to do homework.</span></li>
  23. </ul>
  24. </div>
  25. <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
  26. <ul>
  27. <li><a href="&quot;Would_like_to&quot;_with_xiang" title="wikilink">&quot;Would like to&quot; with xiang</a></li>
  28. <li><a href="Wanting_to_do_something_with_yao" title="wikilink">Wanting to do something with yao</a></li>
  29. <li><a href="Auxiliary_verb" title="wikilink">Auxiliary verb</a></li>
  30. <li><a href="Auxiliary_verb_&quot;hui&quot;_for_&quot;will&quot;" title="wikilink">Auxiliary verb &quot;hui&quot; for &quot;will&quot;</a></li>
  31. </ul>
  32. <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>
  33. <h3 id="videos">Videos</h3>
  34. <ul>
  35. <li>Yoyo Chinese: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L11Ulml2rJE&amp;list=PL94A5E422FB99CDDD&amp;index=17">&quot;Have to and Don't have to&quot;</a></li>
  36. </ul>
  37. <h3 id="books">Books</h3>
  38. <ul>
  39. <li><a href="Integrated_Chinese:_Level_1,_Part_1_(3rd_ed)" title="wikilink">Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 1 (3rd ed)</a> (pp. 164-5) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887276385/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=allset-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0887276385">→buy</a></li>
  40. <li><a href="40_Lessons_for_Basic_Chinese_Course_(基础汉语40课下册)" title="wikilink">40 Lessons for Basic Chinese Course (基础汉语40课下册)</a> (p. 301)<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001FTL8D8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B001FTL8D8&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=allset-20">→buy</a></li>
  41. </ul>
  42. <p> </p>
  43. <p><a href="Category:B2_grammar_points" title="wikilink">Category:B2 grammar points</a></p>