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- {{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 ==
- <div class="jiegou">
- Statement + 吧
- </div>
- == Examples ==
- <div class="liju">
- * 这 不 太 好 <em>吧</em> 。<span class="pinyin"> Zhè bù tài hǎo <em>ba</em>.</span><span class="trans">This isn't so good.</span>
- * 算了 <em>吧</em> 。<span class="pinyin"> Suàn le <em>ba</em>.</span><span class="trans">Let's forget it.</span>
- * 应该 是 <em>吧</em> 。<span class="pinyin"> Yīnggāi shì <em>ba</em>.</span><span class="trans">It should be.</span>
- * 钱 太 少 了 <em>吧</em> 。<span class="pinyin"> Qián tài shǎo le <em>ba</em>.</span><span class="trans">It's too little money.</span>
- * 再 等 一 等 <em>吧</em> 。<span class="pinyin"> Zài děng yī děng <em>ba</em>.</span><span class="trans">Wait a little longer.</span>
- * 太 晚 了 ，不要 走 了 <em>吧</em> 。<span class="pinyin">Tài wǎn le, bùyào zǒu le <em>ba</em>.</span><span class="trans">It's too late now, don't leave.</span>
- * 你们 早 点 来 <em>吧</em> 。 <span class="pinyin">Nǐmen zǎo diǎn lái <em>ba</em>.</span><span class="trans">Come a little earlier.</span>
- * 快 点 <em>吧</em> ， 要 迟到 了。<span class="pinyin">Kuài diǎn <em>ba</em>, yào chídào le.</span><span class="trans">Please hurry, we're going to be late.</span>
- * 太 贵 了 <em>吧</em> ， 我 不 买 了。 <span class="pinyin">Tài guì le <em>ba</em>, wǒ bù mǎi le.</span><span class="trans">It's too expensive. I'm not buying it.</span>
- * 那 个 地方 太 远 了 <em>吧</em>，我 不 想 去。 <span class="pinyin"> Nàge dìfang tài yuǎn le <em>ba</em>，wǒ bù xiǎng qù.</span><span class="trans">That place is too far away. I don't want to go.</span>
- </div>
- ==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 <em>吧</em>。|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}}
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