tooironic Posted August 22, 2012 at 02:16 AM Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 at 02:16 AM I came across this sentence the other day during my translation work and found it interesting: 回到[X城市]后，我便准备起我跟[Y]结婚的事情来。 I hadn't come across this 起...来 structure before. Is it common and could you provide a couple of other examples of usage? Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andysun731 Posted August 22, 2012 at 02:54 AM Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 at 02:54 AM 掀起你的盖头来，打起精神来，跳起舞来，说起话来，走起路来。 Some verbs can be used in "verb 起 noun 来"pattern. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaiknees Posted August 22, 2012 at 09:40 AM Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 at 09:40 AM If you want to use certain verb+noun compound expressions (e.g. 刮风，下雨，唱歌) or an object in this construction, you need to separate them and put the noun between 起 and 来: 喜欢起古诗来了，唱起歌儿来了，做起饭来，下起雨来了，刮起风来了 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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