metlx Posted November 17, 2014 at 09:14 PM Report Share Posted November 17, 2014 at 09:14 PM I'm having trouble understanding the V+起来 structure. The book gives an example: Rewrite the following sentence: ”你穿这件衣服非常漂亮。“ "You look very beautiful wearing this outfit." ->”这件衣服，你穿起来非常漂亮。“ "You look very beautiful wearing this outfit." --- Now I'm struggling to rewrite "我妈妈唠叨的时候，我受不了。" "When my mother is nagging, I can't stand it." Where does 起来 fit in? Perhaps: 我妈妈唠叨起来的时候， 我受不了。？ OR 我妈妈唠叨的时候， 我收起来不了。。 I'm confused because there are two verbs in the original sentence and there's a comma separating it. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelina Posted November 17, 2014 at 10:37 PM Report Share Posted November 17, 2014 at 10:37 PM Perhaps the use of 起来 in the example (穿起来) and the other sentence (唠叨起来)is not the same. 我受不了我妈妈唠叨起来的时候。 I think this is ok. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZhangJiang Posted November 18, 2014 at 05:43 AM Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 at 05:43 AM Perhaps the use of 起来 in the example (穿起来) and the other sentence (唠叨起来)is not the same. I think this is right. Seems 穿起来 means the completion and continuation of 穿 like 穿着, and 唠叨起来 means to start to唠叨. Compare 穿起来漂亮 (look beautiful wearing the outfit) with 穿起来麻烦 to (start to) wear the outfit is inconvenient 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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