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Rain Soaked the Picnic例 · 昨晚的大雨把野餐的草地淋湿了
In these causative 把 sentences, a cause or person brings about a change. With a nonhuman cause, the object is affected (大雨把草地淋湿了, “the heavy rain soaked the grass”). With a person as subject, the object may be the person who is made to act or change (老师把学生教会了, “the teacher taught the students until they knew it”).
昨晚的大雨把野餐的草地淋湿了，大家只好把东西搬进屋里。
zuówǎn de dàyǔ bǎ yěcān de cǎodì línshī le, dàjiā zhǐhǎo bǎ dōngxi bān jìn wūli.
Last night’s heavy rain soaked the picnic lawn, so everyone had to carry the things indoors.
突然响起的警报把正在开会的人都吓了一跳。
tūrán xiǎngqǐ de jǐngbào bǎ zhèngzài kāihuì de rén dōu xià le yí tiào.
The alarm that suddenly went off startled everyone in the meeting.
教练把队员们练得更有耐力，也教会了他们新的配合方法。
jiàoliàn bǎ duìyuánmen liàn de gèng yǒu nàilì, yě jiāohuì le tāmen xīn de pèihé fāngfǎ.
The coach trained the team to have more stamina and taught them a new way to coordinate.
这个笑话把客人们逗笑了，连服务员也忍不住笑起来。
zhège xiàohua bǎ kèrénmen dòuxiào le, lián fúwùyuán yě rěnbuzhù xiào qǐlái.
The joke made the guests laugh; even the server couldn’t help laughing.
Hint · 힌트
The verb phrase needs to show a result or a clear effect on the object. Compare the inanimate cause 大雨 with the coach as the person who brings about a change in the team.
Vocabulary
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
zuówǎn | last night |
dàyǔ | heavy rain |
yěcān | picnic |
cǎodì | lawn; grass |
línshī | to soak |
zhǐhǎo | to have no choice but to |
dōngxi | things; belongings |
bān jìn | to carry inside |
jǐngbào | alarm |
tūrán | suddenly |
kāihuì | to hold a meeting |
xià yí tiào | to be startled |
jiàoliàn | coach |
duìyuán | team member |
nàilì | stamina |
jiāohuì | to teach someone to do/know |
pèihé | to coordinate |
xiàohua | joke |
kèrén | guest; customer |
rěnbuzhù | cannot help doing something |
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