Tricky uses of "dao"

Nível: HSK 5 | Categoria: Gramática

Explicação da Regra:

You probably learned the result complement -到 a long time ago, as part of words like 看到 ("to see") and 听到 ("to hear"). But other times it's less clear what the -到 really means. Like the difference between 买 and 买到 or 做 and 做到. What -到 adds is a clearer message that something has really been achieved . Adding -到 after a verb makes it very clear that the desired result was achieved. If you looked and you saw, then 到 indicates that. On the other hand, not adding 到 makes it unclear whether or not the desired result was achieved. It can have the effect of making a verb mean "try to verb ." So 做 without -到 is kind of like "try to do," but when you want to make it very clear that results were achieved or must be achieved , that's when you want to add -到. Let's look at another example. The difference between 找 and 找到 is that 找 means "to search" (in other words, "to try to find"), whereas 找到 means "to find ," that the search was successful, and results were achieved. So if one were to say "你一定要找," it would mean "you must try to find it" and "你一定要找到" means "you must find it." It's often assumed that if you're going to 做 something, it'll be to completion. But if there's ever any doubt, or a situation where "to completion" needs to be made crystal clear, use 做到.

Exemplos com Falantes Nativos:

• 我还没有做。 (wǒ huán méiyǒu zuò 。): "I haven't done it yet."
• 我下个星期可以做。 (wǒ xià gè xīngqī kěyǐ zuò 。): "I can do it next week."
• 我相信你一定能做到。 (wǒ xiāngxìn nǐ yīdìng néng zuòdào 。): "I believe you can do it."
• 我还没有买。 (wǒ huán méiyǒu mǎi 。): "I haven't bought it yet."
• 我没买到。 (wǒ méi mǎidào 。): "I didn't buy it."

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