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Lesson 10 – Intermediate – Chinese Grammar Points 姓、叫、指正、缺点、病

Grammar is important in Chinese language learning. In order to improve the language skills of the students when they study Chinese, teachers can list two examples for students to tell apart which one uses the correct grammar point so that they can learn grammar effectively.

The first two examples provided are:
A 甲:你姓赵吗?乙:我姓。
B 甲:你姓赵妈?乙:我姓赵。

When students attend to Chinese language school to study, they should know that when 姓 functioned as a verb, it should be followed by objects. Therefore, we can’t just say 我姓 but 我姓赵.

In the same sense, if the students who study in China have learned that the verb 叫 also needs objects, they can easily make a right choice from the two sentences

甲:你叫阿里吗?

乙:对,我叫阿里

and

甲:你叫阿里吗?

乙:对,叫.

Obviously, the former one is correct.

In the following two sentences 请你指正这篇文章的缺点 and 这篇文章一点有缺点,请你指正, they both means to point out and correct the mistakes in the article. However, when you learn Chinese in China, you should realize that 指正 and 缺点 are not allowed to put together.

Let’s move to another two examples: 明天下午我们去火车站送行小王 and 明天下午我们去火车站给小王送行. 送行 is a word students should master when they learn Chinese language. No objects are allowed to follow it. If we want to add objects, we should just use 送. 送行 often used together with 给, forming the structure 给…送行.

When students learn Mandarin in China, they should learn the word 病. Here are two examples, 今天下午我去医院看一个朋友,他病得很厉害 and 今天下午我去医院看朋友,他很病了. We don’t use 很 to modify 病 to show the degree of sick because it is a verb. If we want to describe, we should use 病得…. Therefore, the former sentence is right.

To learn Chinese grammar is very beneficial because students can make a comparison to the right ones with the incorrect ones so that they can understand clearly and remember firmly. 

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