Using "lai" as a dummy verb

Nível: HSK 4 | Categoria: Gramática

Explicação da Regra:

The verb 来 (lái) can be used as a "dummy verb," similar to the way "do" is used in English. To illustrate the point, imagine a bottle of pickles that you want to open but can't because the lid is so tight. You start passing it around to see who can open it, and no one is able to, until your beefy friend comes in and says, "我来!" He is saying, "Let me do it!" The structure for using 来 as a dummy verb is very basic. Usually it is a very short phrase, kind of like "your turn!" or "let me give it a shot!" or "you do it!" in English. Usually it is used with 你 or 我 as the subject, and it ends with the 来. Sometimes it can end with a 吧. (让 +) Subj. + 来 The point of calling 来 a "dummy verb" is that it does't have the original meaning of "to come." It just takes the place of whatever the verb would be in the context.

Exemplos com Falantes Nativos:

• 我来吧。 (wǒ lái ba 。): "Let me do it."
• 让他自己来。 (ràng tā zìjǐ lái 。): "Let him come by himself."
• 还是你们自己来吧。 (huánshì nǐmen zìjǐ lái ba 。): "Come on your own."
• 你写得好看，你来吧。 (nǐ xiě dé hǎokàn ，nǐ lái ba 。): "You write beautifully, come on."
• 谁能读一下这段话？ (shúi néng dú yī xià zhè duàn huà ？): "Who can read this passage?"

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