10 subject: bàba ‘father’; action verb: shudhuà ‘to talk’; result: kiu ‘mouth’, gan ‘dry’ 11 subject: ygye ‘grandfather’; action verb: kàn bàozhh ‘to read the newspaper’; result: yfnjing ‘eyes’, hua ‘(eyes) to blur’ 12 subject: nfinai ‘grandmother’; action verb: chc pínggui ‘to eat apples’; result: yáchh ‘teeth’, téng ‘to ache, to hurt’
22 Complements of result and manner
Pattern and vocabulary drill 22.2 Using the model, construct versions ‘b’, ‘c’ and ‘d’ in Chinese for each of the twelve ‘a’ sentences given below. a b c
ycfu shài gan le The clothes are now dry. ycfu méi shài gan The clothes are not yet dry. ycfu shài de bùgòu gan The clothes are not dry enough.
d
ycfu shài de bù tài gan The clothes are not too dry.
1 a ycfu xh ganjìng le The clothes have been washed clean. 2 a wénzhang xig hfo le The essay is completed (and presumably well written). 3 a wèntí shud qcngchu le The question has been thoroughly explained. 4 a fàn zhj shú/shóu le The rice is well cooked. 5 a chb xie hfo le The car has been repaired (and presumably is now drivable). 6 a wèntí yánjie qcngchu le The problem has been thoroughly studied. 7 a tóufa jifn dufn le The hair has been cut short. 8 a gbcí bèi shú/shóu le The lines (of a song) have been well committed to memory. 9 a zhudzi ma ganjìng le The table has been wiped clean. 10 a qíngkuàng lifojig qcngchu le The situation has been thoroughly investigated. 11 a ddngxi fàng zhgngqí le The things are arranged in good order. 12 a fángjian shdushi ganjìng le The room has been tidied up. 233