querido Posted November 26, 2008 at 03:23 AM Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 at 03:23 AM Whew! I worked hard on this one! It was the very last item in a children's text I'm about to finish. Trying to translate this, which I presumed to be a sentence, I kept getting a sentence fragment: "obviously slid (down) from the (children's) slide" Then, I suddenly realized that 明明 is a name. Mingming slid down from the slide! Ha ha! Let that be a lesson! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted November 26, 2008 at 05:06 AM Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 at 05:06 AM Doesn't similar situation exist in other languages? Like "Patience has brought us a success" perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanlink Posted November 26, 2008 at 05:54 AM Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 at 05:54 AM Recognising the grammatical subject in Modern Chinese is usually quite easy, it tends to come first. If 明明 had made any sense as an adverb in the sentence given (it does not), it would more naturally have been placed closer to the verb 滑下 with or without the adverbial particle (地). If you have trouble with subjects in Modern Chinese, I would advise keeping away from Classical Chinese which can be especially painful in this regard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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