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"Faster!"
Translation:快一点儿！
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I've been told by my Taiwanese friends that just Kuái can work, but I'm not sure if that just applies only to Taiwanese?
1021
It actually does work.
快! / Be fast!
especially when the listener takes no immediate action.
However, this does not work for other adjectives. e.g. you cannot tell someone to slow down by saying 慢!
Ah ok so 慢 is not a verb. You dont know how much this info is important, it makes me understand many other things
No,it also works to Chinese and Singaporean,the ways they use Chinese are almost same,only the slangs are different.
Id advise most new learners that 一点儿 is a modifier, at turns an adverb into "a little bit more of [adverb]". They seem to neglect to demonstrate this and just expect the learner to assume this is the normal or most common use, which is not necessarily true.
- 1106
With respect to their Hanyu pinyin, both are exactly the same, "kuài". However, the character that means a measurement of the Chinese yuan is "块". The two characters have different radicals.
The pronunciation is the same, including the tone, but the characters are different.
The exercise doesn't include "a little bit" in English. In fact, it has an "!" which implies urgent need for speed, not just a little bit. Does 一点儿 also have the effect of "-er" in English, not strictly the meaning of "a little bit" more?
Could someone give a breakdown of this expression? "Kuài" seems to mean 'fast' if other comments here are to be believed, and "yī" means 'one'... beyond that I feel lost. Would "kuài" alone mean "be fast!", "hurry!" etc? How would the superlative work?
- 1021
The comparative meaning in this phrase is only implied.
There are merely 2 parts in this phrase:
快 - Fast.
一点儿 - A little.
So there is no comparative element. Nonetheless these 2 are sufficient to imply a comparative meaning.
儿 is an optional voice change and can be omitted.
一 also can be omitted. So 一点儿 can be reduced to
点儿, 一点 or just 点 without changing the meaning.
e.g. 晚上有约会，我要快点完成工作。
I have a date at night. I want to finish the work faster. (this is a literal translation)
- 1021
The comparative and superlative structure in Chinese are simple: using the preposition 比 and the adverb 最 respectively.
In a simple predicative sentence,.
A 比 B [Adj.] → A is more [Adj.] than B.
A 最 [Adj.] → A is the most [Adj.]
Examples:.
他比你高。/He is taller than you.
他最高。/He is the tallest.
To apply in an adverbial phrase, insert the structure after the structural particle 得.
Examples:.
他跑得比你快。
He runs faster than you.
他跑得最快。
He runs the fastest.
I dont get how "a little bit" can be omitted? To me faster would be just 快！
- 1021
It is a good sentence, but only good for answering a question whether one thing is faster than another, not for urging someone to do something faster.
一点儿！ doesn't count in the answer that is accepted!! you'd have to ass A BIT to faster or MORE.. grrr
