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Lesson 12, Pattern 2: MW (noun) 常/ ぃ/⊿ Verb
last revised April 4, 2002

To indicate "not any at all," the pattern below is used. The words and can be used interchangeably. Quite often, the noun is "preposed" (put at the head of the sentence) so that the two components MW and 常/ ぃ/⊿ Verb are closer to each other. If the noun is "uncountable," then use 翴 as the measure word. To make a question, just put at the end.
 

(N) S MW (N) /常 ⊿/ぃ Verb Meaning
 

狟ね

Τ
He doesn't have any friends at all.
êㄇ
и

 
粄醚
I don't know any of those people.
程穝筿紇

 
尺舧?
Doesn't she like any of the new movies?
 
и
翴
I didn't drink any water.
 
ン
︾狝
He didn't buy any clothes.
產盽ě籊

 
稱
He doesn't want to eat a single bite of home-style tofu.
μ逗
窲
 
She didn't eat a single bowl of rice (i.e. she ate no rice at all).

 
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