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<p>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.</p>
<h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>
<div class="jiegou">
<p>Statement + 吧</p>
</div>
<h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
<div class="liju">
<ul>
<li>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></li>
<li>算了 <em>吧</em> 。 <span class="pinyin">Suàn le
<em>ba</em>.</span><span class="trans">Let's forget it.</span></li>
<li>应该 是 <em>吧</em> 。 <span class="pinyin">Yīnggāi shì
<em>ba</em>.</span><span class="trans">It should be.</span></li>
<li>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></li>
<li>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></li>
<li>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></li>
<li>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></li>
<li>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></li>
<li>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></li>
<li>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></li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="Suggestions_with_&quot;ba&quot;" title=
"wikilink">Suggestions with "ba"</a></li>
<li><a href="Conceding_with_&quot;ba&quot;" title=
"wikilink">Conceding with "ba"</a></li>
<li><a href="Reviewing_options_with_&quot;ba&quot;" title=
"wikilink">Reviewing options with "ba"</a></li>
<li><a href="Verb_reduplication" title="wikilink">Verb
reduplication</a></li>
</ul>
<h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further
reading</h2>
<h3 id="books">Books</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href=
"Chinese_Grammar_-_Broken_down_into_100_items_-_Basic_and_Intermediate_Levels_(%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E8%AF%AD%E6%B3%95%E7%99%BE%E9%A1%B9%E8%AE%B2%E7%BB%83_-_%E5%88%9D%E4%B8%AD%E7%BA%A7)"
title="wikilink">Chinese Grammar - Broken down into 100 items -
Basic and Intermediate Levels (汉语语法百项讲练 - 初中级)</a> <a href=
"http://www.amazon.cn/gp/product/B004WA6JSQ/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=allset-23&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=536&amp;creative=3132&amp;creativeASIN=B004WA6JSQ">
→buy</a></li>
<li><a href=
"Short-term_Spoken_Chinese:_Pre-Intermediate_(%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E5%8F%A3%E8%AF%AD%E9%80%9F%E6%88%90%E6%8F%90%E9%AB%98%E7%AF%87)"
title="wikilink">Short-term Spoken Chinese: Pre-Intermediate
(汉语口语速成提高篇)</a> (pp. 52-3)</li>
<li><a href=
"Short-term_Spoken_Chinese:_Elementary_(%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E5%8F%A3%E8%AF%AD%E9%80%9F%E6%88%90%E5%9F%BA%E7%A1%80%E7%AF%87)"
title="wikilink">Short-term Spoken Chinese: Elementary
(汉语口语速成基础篇)</a> (p. 98) <a href=
"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00326U9MS/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=allset-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373&amp;creativeASIN=B00326U9MS">
→buy</a></li>
<li><a href=
"Boya_Chinese_Elementary_Starter_1_(%E5%8D%9A%E9%9B%85%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E5%88%9D%E7%BB%8F%E8%B5%B7%E6%AD%A5%E7%AF%87)"
title="wikilink">Boya Chinese Elementary Starter 1 (博雅汉语初经起步篇)</a>
(p. 55) <a href=
"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/7301075294/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=allset-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373&amp;creativeASIN=7301075294">
→buy</a></li>
<li><a href=
"New_Practical_Chinese_Reader_4_(%E6%96%B0%E5%AE%9E%E7%94%A8%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E8%AF%BE%E6%9C%AC4)"
title="wikilink">New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (新实用汉语课本4)</a> (p.
246) <a href=
"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/7561913192/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=allset-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=7561913192">
→buy</a></li>
<li><a href="Integrated_Chinese:_Level_2,_Part_2" title=
"wikilink">Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 2</a> (pp. 191- 2)
<a href=
"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887276881/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=allset-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0887276881">
→buy</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="Category:A2_grammar_points" title=
"wikilink">Category:A2 grammar points</a></p>
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