19.247, Qs: Verbs and Nouns in Chinese

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Subject: 19.247, Qs: Verbs and Nouns in Chinese

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Date: 18-Jan-2008
From: Patricia Turner < paturner at ucla.edu >
Subject: Verbs and Nouns in Chinese

 

	
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Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:00:22
From: Patricia Turner [paturner at ucla.edu]
Subject: Verbs and Nouns in Chinese
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I have a question that should be easy for anyone who is familiar with
Mandarin and/or Cantonese (which I'm not). I'm working on some language
learning materials designed for a Chinese audience and the following
question came up:

In English, as we know, ''mop'' can be a verb as well as a noun.  Is that
the case in Mandarin (or Cantonese), as well, by any chance?  Or do those
two forms of that word look totally different?
 
Also, do other Chinese words look the same in their noun and verb forms, or
is that uncommon? For example, can you broom the floor (with a broom) in
Chinese? 

Any help would be appreciated.

Patricia Turner
Ph.D. Student
Department of Applied Linguistics
University of California, Los Angeles 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics





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