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Aspect Markers & Advanced Structures
Aspect particles
他把那本书翻了一遍。
He leafed through the book once.
Tā bǎ nà běn shū fān le yī biàn.
把 construction with complex complement
书被他拿走了。
The book was taken away by him.
Shū bèi tā ná zǒu le.
被 (bèi) passive voice
有人说…
There are people who say…
Yǒu rén shuō…
Existential 有 + relative clause
今天比昨天冷多了。
Much colder than yesterday.
Jīntiān bǐ zuótiān lěng duō le.
Comparative excess: 比 + adj + 多了
每个人 / 天天
each person / every day
měi gè rén / tiāntīan
Reduplication of measure words for each/every
那件事，我已经知道了。
That matter
I already know.
Nà jiàn shì
他高兴得很。
He is very happy.
Tā gāo xìng de hěn.
Complement of degree 得很
一石两得
kill two birds with one stone
yī shí liǎng dé
4-character chéngyǔ (set phrase)
你是怎么来的？
How did you get here?
Nǐ shì zěnme lái de?
是…的 to question manner of known event
我就是不去！
I simply won't go!
Wǒ jiùshì bù qù!
Emphasis with 就是 (jiùshì) = simply/just