Chinese grammar mistakes 76

 

When communicating in Chinese you may often make mistakes using Chinese grammar like:

False:

    这个书店没有那个书店这么大。

    Zhègè shūdiàn méiyǒu nàgè shūdiàn zhème dà

True:

    这个书店没有那个书店那么大。

    Zhègè shūdiàn méiyǒu nàgè shūdiàn nàme dà.

“那(个书店)”是远指,应该用与“那(个)”顺意的标示程度的“那么”,不能用表近指的“这么”。

那个书店 is a distant reference. It does not correspond with 这么which is related to something nearby, but correspond with 那儿 that relates to something further away.

 

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