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Emphasizing negation with "you"
You already know that 不 (bù) and 没 (méi) can be used for negation. But you can also use the word 又 (yòu) to emphasize negation, giving your negative sentence a little kick!
- Keywords
- 又
- Used for
- Expressing attitude · Emphasizing
- Classification
- Adverbs
Examples (10)
问我干吗？我又不知道。
这些菜又没坏，为什么要扔？
不要生气，我又不是故意的。
今天又不热，开空调干吗？
明天又不上班，那么早起床干吗？
你现在又不忙，来帮我一下。
我又没吃过，怎么知道好不好吃？
孩子又没做错，打他干吗？
又没下雨，带伞干吗？
又不关你的事，问那么多干吗？
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Summary, structure, classification, and adapted sentence examples draw from the AllSet Learning Chinese Grammar Wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0; changes were made. This noncommercial reference is based on an October 2023 snapshot.
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