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Re: Mandarin



I wrote:
> > - "Go da qi nyz" - I sleep (I experience a sleep)
> > - "Go da du nyz" - I put to sleep (I "inflict" a sleep)
> > - "Go da ge nyz" - I cause a sleep

Then Alexander asked: 
> What, more specifically, is the difference between 'ge' and 'du'?  
> They seem very similar to me.  Thanks,

"du" conveys the idea of performing an action
upon something else, that is, that the action
"comes out" of the subject, rather than being
experienced by him (that one would be the
meaning of "qi").

"ge" conveys the idea of "triggering" an action,
that is, that the subject is not the one who performs
the action (the action does not "come out" of him)
nor the one who experiences it, but just its
"promoter".

Best regards,
Javier