A Guide to Proper Usage of Spoken Chinese (Simplified Chinese Edition)
Edition: Bilingual edition
Publisher: The  University of Michigan press
Published: June 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9789629962289
Subjects: Speaking / pronunciation skills; Linguistics; Language Arts & Disciplines; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Chinese; Language; ASIA; Asian - General; Literary Criticism & Collections / Asian
First sentence: The sentence-final particle "ba" has two primary functions: (1) It is used as a modal particle tagged to commands, suggestions, requests, etc.