kavanin Posted October 13, 2011 at 08:19 PM Report Posted October 13, 2011 at 08:19 PM What does 可 add to the meaning of the following sentence, please? 你们可不要忘记呀! I think it essentially means 不要忘记呀! Quote
semantic nuance Posted October 14, 2011 at 02:41 AM Report Posted October 14, 2011 at 02:41 AM It is used to emphasize. It can be read as " 千萬", "絕對". I think it sounds like 'Don't you ever forget (about it)!" 1 Quote
Hofmann Posted October 14, 2011 at 03:36 AM Report Posted October 14, 2011 at 03:36 AM All the adverb definitions from 國語辭典: 能夠。如：「你可以走了。」詩經˙秦風˙黃鳥：「彼蒼者天，殲我良人。如可贖兮，人百其身。」漢˙王充˙論衡˙率性：「人之性，善可變為惡，惡可變為善。」 卻。如：「你去，我可不去。」唐˙李白˙相逢行：「相見情已深，未語可知心。」元˙關漢卿˙拜月亭˙第二折：「那玉砌朱廉與畫堂，我也可覷得尋常。」 約略、約計。韓非子˙外儲說左上：「奪轡代之御，可數百步。」唐˙王維˙洛陽女兒行：「洛陽女兒對門居，纔可容顏十五餘。」 豈。唐˙韋莊˙長安清明詩：「蚤是傷春夢雨天，可堪芳草更芊芊。」 表示疑問。如：「你可知道？」、「你可想過？」 真、確實。遼史˙卷三十˙天祚皇帝本紀˙贊曰：「太祖、太宗乘百戰之勢，輯新造之邦，英謀叡略，可謂遠矣。」水滸傳˙第七十三回：「穀雨初晴，可是麗人天氣。」 1 Quote
kavanin Posted October 14, 2011 at 10:35 AM Author Report Posted October 14, 2011 at 10:35 AM Thank you. Can someone who is proficient in Turkish, if there is any on the forum, comment on the following idea? As far as I gather from the info given, the difference between 不要忘记呀! and 你们可不要忘记呀! seems like the difference between "Unutmayın ha!" and "Unutmayasınız ha!" Here a corresponds almost exactly to the very first meaning of 可 in the negative, viz., can; may. (as in "unutamam=我不可以忘记 or 我不能忘记") Quote
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