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- When listing nouns belonging to a certain category, 啊 (a) can be added to the end of each noun to give an informal feeling a bit like saying "you know, that kind of thing" after a list of things.
- ==Structure==
- <div class="jiegou">
- A 啊， B 啊， C 啊⋯⋯
- </div class>
- ==Examples==
- <div class="liju">
- * 我们 什么 零食 都 有，花生 <em>啊</em>，瓜子 <em>啊</em>，薯片 <em>啊</em>，你 随便 吃 吧。<span class="trans">We have all sorts of snacks: peanuts, roasted seeds, chips, go ahead and eat whatever you want.</span>
- * 椅子 <em>啊</em>，桌子 <em>啊</em>，电脑 <em>啊</em> 什么的 都 买 好 了，现在 办公室 只 差 招 员工 了！<span class="trans">Chairs, tables, computers, and so one have all been bough. Now the office only needs to hire workers!</span>
- * 《发展 汉语》 <em>啊</em>， 《实用 汉语 课本》 <em>啊</em>，我 都 学 过，没 用！<span class="trans">"Developing Chinese" and "The Practical Chinese Reader," we've studied both of them, they won't help.</span>
- </div>
- As in the first example, the list can be followed by [[Ending a Non-Exhaustive List with "shenme de"|什么的]], but is not generally followed by 等 as this feels too formal.
- ==See also==
- *[[Ending a Non-Exhaustive List with "shenme de"]]
- *[[Sentence-final interjection "a"]]
- ==Sources and Further Reading==
- * [[现代汉语八百词]] (p.47) [http://www.amazon.cn/mn/detailApp?_encoding=UTF8&tag=allset-23&linkCode=as2&asin=B001198GSW&camp=536&creative=3132&creativeASIN=B001198GSW →buy]
- [[Category: B2 grammar points]]
- {{Basic Grammar|啊|B2|⋯⋯啊，⋯⋯啊|我们 店里 有 水饺 <em>啊</em>，盖浇饭 <em>啊</em> ⋯⋯|grammar point|ASGGPG97}}
- {{Similar|Ending a Non-Exhaustive List with "shenme de"}}
- {{Similar|Non-exhaustive lists with "dengdeng"}}
- {{Similar|Sentence-final interjection "a"}}
- {{Similar|"Stuff like that" with "zhileide"}}
- {{Used for|Expressing attitude}}
- {{Used for|Listing}}
- {{POS|Auxiliary Words}}
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