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- Using "lai" and "qu" when "verbing around"
- (Redirected from ASGYJQAG)
- Level B2
- Similar to
- Using "zhe" when "verbing away" (B2)
- Used for
- Expressing duration, Describing actions, Expressing movement
- Keywords
- 来, 去
- This structure can be used if want to say you are "verbing without a clear direction." It's sort of like "verbing this way and that." The same verb is repeated before the 来(lái) and 去 (qù). So for example, 走来走去 is a bit like "walking here and there" or "walking this way and that."
- Contents
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- 1 Structure
- 2 Examples
- 3 See also
- 4 Sources and further reading
- 4.1 Books
- Structure
- Verb + 来 + Verb + 去
- Examples
- In a sentence, this structure looks like this:
- 学生们 都 很 紧张，在 考场 外面 走 来 走 去。
- The students are all nervous, they are all pacing back and forth outside of the exam room.
- 他 说 来 说 去 还 不 承认 自己 错 了。
- He's been yakking a lot, but he still hasn't admitted that he's wrong.
- 我 想 来 想 去 都 想 不 明白，他 怎么 能 那样 对 我？
- I've thought and thought about it, but I can't understand, how could you treat me like that?
- 他 翻 来 翻 去， 终于 找到 了 那 双 破 袜子。
- He searched everywhere and finally found the pair of worn-out socks.
- See also
- "Verbing away" using "zhe"
- Sources and further reading
- Books
- Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1 (pp. 191-2) →buy
- HSK Standard Course 5上 (pp. 66) →buy
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