Softening speech with "ba"
Nível: HSK 1 | Categoria: Gramática
Fórmula Sintática: [Missing Person / Thing] + 呢 ?
Explicação da Regra:
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. Statement + 吧
Exemplos com Falantes Nativos:
- 你妈妈呢? (nǐ māmā ní ?): "where is your mom?"
- 我的手机呢? (wǒ de shǒujī ní ?): "What about my cell phone?"
- 这不太好吧。 (zhè bù tài hǎo ba 。): "This is not so good."
- 算了吧。 (suànle ba 。): "forget it."
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