Verb Reduplication 动词重叠 - Chinese Grammar Points(43)

• 1. Monosyllabic verbs can be reduplicated in VV, V一V, V了V, and V了一V formats;
• 2. Disyllabic verb which can be reduplicated in ABAB | AB了AB formats;
• 3. A few verbs can be reduplicated in AABB (Example 1)，A来A去 (Example 2)，or AB来AB去 (Example 3) formats;
• 4. To change such separable verbs into reduplicated ones, you only need to reduplicate the verbal part;
• 5. Separable Verbs can be reduplicated in the formats of: AAB, A一AB and A了AB;
• 6. It is not necessary to use a Frequency Complement after the Reduplicated Verb;
• 7. The reduplicated verb cannot be followed by a result complement;
• 8. It is not necessary to use a Duration Complement after the Reduplicated Verb;
• 9. The Numeral-Measure Words without the demonstrative pronouns "这/那" cannot be used after reduplicated verbs;
• 10.In Chinese, the reduplicated verb cannot express the action in progress.
• 11.In Chinese, when used in an attributive, the verb cannot be reduplicated.
• 12.In Chinese, when used in an adverbial, that verb cannot be reduplicated.
• 13.Auxiliary verbs can't be reduplicated;
• 14.Causative Verbs can't be reduplicated.