Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar

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Adverbs and modal verbs in 把 bF sentences 20.5


你得把你的房间收拾收拾。
你得把你的房間收拾收拾。
Nǐ děi bǎ nǐ de fángjiān shōushi shōushi.
You should clean up your room.

When it refers to the entire action, the adverb 都 dōu occurs after 把 bǎ and its object, before
the verb phrase.


他把房间都整理好了。
他把房間都整理好了。
Tā bǎ fángjiān dōu zhěnglǐ hǎo le.
He straightened up the room completely.

他把饺子都吃完了。
他把餃子都吃完了。
Tā bǎ jiǎozi dōu chīwán le.
He finished eating all the dumplings.

都 dōu can also occur before 把 bǎ. When it does, it refers to the subject of the sentence.


他们都把房间整理好了。
他們都把房間整理好了。
Tāmen dōu bǎ fángjiān zhěnglǐ hǎo le.
They all straightened up the room. (All of them did the action)

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