Ch 2 · Lesson 9Mandarin · Chapter 2 · Lesson 9 · Grammar primer
Dui lai shuo
Grammar for AP Chinese.
The short version
，。Duì wǒ lái shuō, lìshǐ hěn nán.
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(duì) points at a person or thing, and the whole phrase sits before the adjective or verb: (tā duì wǒ hěn hǎo), he is good to me, never (tā hěn hǎo duì wǒ). For a viewpoint, close the frame with (lái shuō): (duì wǒ lái shuō), for me. For an opinion about the world, use (wǒ juéde) instead.
Interested in:
。Wǒ duì yīnyuè hěn gǎn xìngqù.
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(gǎn xìngqù) is already a verb plus its own object, so it cannot take another one after it. Put the thing you are interested in after (duì) and (gǎn xìngqù) at the end. (duì)… (duì ... mǎnyì, satisfied with) and (duì)… (duì ... yǒu hǎochù, good for) work the same way.
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