「湯姆你今天會剪草坪嗎?」「不能明天剪嗎?我今天不想剪。」
"Are you going to mow the lawn today, Tom?" "Can't I do it tomorrow? I don't feel like doing it today."
Source:
Tatoeba
Sentence Composition
| 1 | 湯姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| =2 | 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín) |
| =2 | 你 | nǐ | you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.) |
| 3 | 今天 | jīntiān |
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| =4 | 會 | huì |
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| =4 | 會 | kuài | (bound form) to reckon accounts |
| =4 | 會 | kuò | only used in 會撮/会撮 |
| 5 | 剪草 | jiǎncǎo | to cut the grass |
| 6 | 坪 | píng |
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| =7 | 嗎 | má | (coll.) what? |
| =7 | 嗎 | mǎ | used in 嗎啡 mǎfēi |
| =7 | 嗎 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 8 | 不能 | bùnéng |
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| 9 | 明天 | míngtiān | tomorrow |
| =10 | 剪 | Jiǎn | surname Jian |
| =10 | 剪 | jiǎn |
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| =11 | 嗎 | má | (coll.) what? |
| =11 | 嗎 | mǎ | used in 嗎啡 mǎfēi |
| =11 | 嗎 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 12 | 我 | wǒ |
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| 13 | 今天 | jīntiān |
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| 14 | 不想 | bùxiǎng | unexpectedly; to one's surprise |
| =15 | 剪 | Jiǎn | surname Jian |
| =15 | 剪 | jiǎn |
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