Thursday, July 31, 2014

Chinese Language Learning Program Lesson 135 – How to use “ba 吧” to make Chinese sentences?

Chinese Language Learning Program
Lesson 135 – How to use “ba ” to make Chinese sentences?


Hello, everyone. Welcome back. This is Baixue’s Chinese Language Learning Program. Last time we talked about a Chinese tongue twister- lí hé ní. Today, we will talk about how to use “ba ” to make Chinese sentences.

(ba) is one of the most common sentence particles in Chinese grammar. It has several usages in Chinese sentences.

1.   ba is used at the end of the imperative sentence to express command, request, urging, advice, warning, or consultation.

wǒ kàn nǐ hái shì mǎi liàng zì xíng chē ba.
                              吧。
 (I think you should buy a bike.)

qǐng nǐ bāng bāng wǒ de máng ba!
                              吧!
(Please help me!)

nǐ zǒu ba! wǒ bù xiǎng zài jiàn dào nǐ!
    吧!我                   你!
(You go away! I do not want to see you anymore.)

zán men zǒu ba.
            吧。(Let’s go.)

gěi wǒ jiǎng jiǎng nǐ de shì qíng ba.
                          吧。
(Tell me about yourself.)

2.   ba is at the end of the question sentences, but the sentences with ba are not to ask questions. These sentences express conjecture.

nǐ bù shì kāi wán xiào ba?
               吧?
(You are not kidding, right?)

kāi shǐ shàng kè le ba?
             吧?
(The class must be starting now, right?)

méi xiǎng dào wǒ men huì zài zhè'er jiàn miàn ba?
                                       吧?
(You did not expect that we will meet here, did you?)
nǐ men hěn è ba?
       饿 吧?(You must be very hungry!)

bù huì ba, nǐ shì kāi wán xiào ba!
     ,               吧!
(You don't mean to say so!)

3.   ba is used at the end of the sentence to express agreement.

hǎo ba, dài tā jìn lái ba.
      吧。(All right, bring him in.)

ná zǒu ba, wǒ xiàn zài bù yòng.
                  用。
(Take it. I don’t use it now.)

hǎo, hǎo ba.
 好,    吧。(Ok, all right.)

4.   ba is used in the middle of the sentence to express a pause.

jǔ gè lì zi lái shuō ba, wǒ men bān jiù cóng lái méi yǒu 
个例子                                   
rén quē guò kè.
 人        课。
(For example, nobody in our class has been absent. )

mǎi lǐ wù zhēn shi gè má fan shì, mǎi pián yí de ba, bù 
                    事,买     便     
hǎo; guì de ba, yòu mǎi bù qǐ.
  好;贵  吧,又      起。
(It is a very fiddly job to buy the presents. The cheap one is not good, but we can not afford the expensive one.)

Interesting sentences:

1.   nǐ fēng le ba.
          吧。(You are crazy!)

2. qù sǐ ba.
      死吧。(Go to hell.)

Ok, that is all for today.

xiè  xiè!
    ! (Thanks!)

xià  cì  jiàn
     !  (See you next time!)

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