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THE CHINESE LANGUAGE
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THE CHINESE LANGUAGE
The mode of their use will be seen in the following illus- trations :
ACTIVE VOICE.
37 ta 8 , to beat. $jj kou 8 , a dog. Indicative. Subjunctive.
PRESENT.
I beat the dog.
我打狗
I beat dog.
I may beat the dog.
我許打狗
I may beat dog
我或者要打狗
I perhaps will beat dog.
我許要打狗
I may want beat dog.
狗我許打
dog I may beat.
狗許打
dog may beat.
IMPERFECT.
I beat the dog.
我打了狗了
I beat ed dog lo.
我把狗打了
I take dog beat ed.
我打狗來着
I beat dog -lai cho. (or, I was beating the dog).
I might beat the dog.
我許打狗
I might beat dog.
我許把狗打了
I might take dog beat ed.
我或者要打狗
I perhaps would beat dog.
狗我許打
dog I might beat.