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- The use of Taiwanese Mandarin "hui"
- (Redirected from ASG22117)
- Level B2
- Similar to
- Expressing "will" with "hui" (A2)
- Used for
- Referring to the future, Expressing possibility
- Keywords
- 会
- Translations
- to be, will be
- In standard Mandarin, 会 (huì) is considered an auxiliary verb, but in Taiwan 会 has an additional usage associated with asking simple yes/no questions.
- Contents
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- 1 Structure
- 2 Examples
- 3 See also
- 4 Sources and further reading
- 4.1 Websites
- Structure
- Subj. + 会 + Predicate + 吗 ？
- Examples
- The following examples shows the differences between Taiwanese Mandarin and Standard Mandarin.
- 你 会 冷 吗 ？means 你 冷 不 冷 ？
- Are you cold?
- 这个 会 辣 吗 ？means 这个 辣 不 辣 ？
- Is this spicy?
- 会 in this context is equivalent to the English verb "to be." However, it’s the adjective to follow 会 is usually negative. So you would never say 这会好吃吗？because most people like to eat delicious food. If you do say this, the speaker is usually expressing doubt. This usage of 会 can confuse native Chinese speakers as well as Chinese learners. Some could think that the 会 is referring to things in the future or conditional.
- See also
- Sources and further reading
- Websites
- http://twtcsl.org/further/Tw+Mandarin_lexicon+and+syntax
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