Ninchanese

Yocha is always getting after Nincha for sleeping in late, disappearing all the time, and doing silly things. A little word Yocha ends up using a lot with Nincha? 才 cái. Lupishu, on the other hand, is impressed with Baimei and Yocha’s ability to get up and do things early. He likes that they are usually dependable and even prone to doing things earlier than expected, unlike Nincha. 就 jiù is, therefore, a word he uses a lot to talk about Baimei and Yocha.

You’ve seen these three words before:的/得/地. Perhaps you're having trouble keeping them straight. That’s understandable. When spoken, these three words 的/得/地 all sound the same: you pronounce them de. They all three have essential grammar functions, which is: in a sentence, they act on the different parts of the sentence by linking them together (if you want the official grammar word, they’re all called “structural particles”).

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