Tone of "bu"

bibiibjorn
 July 27, 2011, 07:29 PM posted in General Discussion

Hi there
Dajia hao!

I have a question about the word "bu".
Sometimes, when seeing a sentence where a verb is negated, i see the word "bu" with the 2nd tone and sometimes with the 4th tone.
Why is this?

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langnase
 July 27, 2011, 07:38 PM

this should help: http://chinesepod.com/lessons/tone-rule-changes-for-bu

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bibiibjorn
 July 27, 2011, 07:45 PM

ok thank you very much :D