Grammar Review: Resultative Complement

A verb can be followed by another verb or an adjective to indicate the result of the action or change (of the main verb or adjectival verb).

Verb Verb

+ + 了 (了is very often added).

Adjectival Verb Adjective

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Main verb Complement

Examples:

Adjective as resultative complement: 做好了；吃饱了/吃飽了

verb as resultative complement：做完了；学会了/學會了；听明白了/ 聽明白了

Negative: “没(有) / 沒(有)” and drop 了

我没听明白。/ 我沒聽明白。

Interrogative:

V. Comple. 了嗎？ 你学会了吗？ 你学会做饭了吗？

你學會了嗎？ 你學會做飯了嗎？

V. Comple. 了沒有？ 你听明白了没有？/ 你聽明白了沒有？

V. (Comple. ) 沒 V. Comple. 你吃(饱)没吃饱？/ 你吃(飽)沒吃飽？

Commonly used resultative complements:

V. 完 - finished; fulfuilment of the action so that nothing left

我说完了。/ 我說完了。That's all I want to say.

票卖完了。/ 票賣完了。Tickets are sold out.

V. 好- finished; satisfied; successful

饭做好了。/ 飯做好了。The dinner is ready.

门没关好。/ 門沒關好。The door is not closed well.

V. 到 - arrived; attained

他没买到日本茶。/ 他沒買到日本茶。

V. 錯 - incorrect

对不起，我说错了。/ 對不起，我說錯了。

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