New Members cecilia532 Posted July 22, 2011 at 06:32 AM New Members Report Posted July 22, 2011 at 06:32 AM Is it right to combine 怕 (pà) adj. in Chinese? 我怕辣 for example? Usually it's 我怕..(他的病很严重) I'm afraid that... Quote
roddy Posted July 22, 2011 at 09:42 AM Report Posted July 22, 2011 at 09:42 AM No problem at all. 怕热，怕冷，so on and so forth. 1 Quote
Peter2010 Posted July 22, 2011 at 09:54 AM Report Posted July 22, 2011 at 09:54 AM Is it right to combine 怕 (pà) adj. in Chinese?我怕辣 for example? I'm afraid not. "辣" is a noun here, short for "辣的XX". Quote
renzhe Posted July 22, 2011 at 11:30 AM Report Posted July 22, 2011 at 11:30 AM I'm afraid not. "辣" is a noun here, short for "辣的XX". Haven't you heard the famous joke "江西人不怕辣,湖南人辣不怕,四川人怕不辣"? http://z.baidu.com/question/33648341.html?fr=qrl&cid=206&index=5 Quote
Peter2010 Posted July 22, 2011 at 12:15 PM Report Posted July 22, 2011 at 12:15 PM @renzhe of couse, I heard of that joke. I guess I did not make myself clear. "我怕辣" is no problem, but "辣" here is a noun, not a adj. ("辣"could be either a noun or adj.). So 怕 (pà)+ adj. is grammatically wrong. Note that "怕" is a verb here. 1 Quote
renzhe Posted July 22, 2011 at 12:59 PM Report Posted July 22, 2011 at 12:59 PM It's a bit complicated, since 辣 is actually a stative verb, which takes the roles of adjectives in Indo-European languages. So strictly speaking, it's neither adjective, nor noun Quote
Peter2010 Posted July 22, 2011 at 01:21 PM Report Posted July 22, 2011 at 01:21 PM @renzhe really? Nice to know that. Thank you! Quote
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