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zhiming
December 04, 2008, 05:34 AM posted in General Discussion

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xiaohu
August 14, 2008, 05:38 AM

Zhiming,

I don't know if I completely agree with your assesment:

我听不见 I am not able to hear.

This phrases is indicating, "I didn't hear" as it WOULD BE POSSIBLE to hear, just that in this one isolated instance the (SB) didn't hear.

我听得见 I am able to hear.

This phrase indicates an instance that you do hear.

While they do imply possibility or impossibility, I wouldn't recommend replacing these structures with, 会,不会,可以,不可以,能,不能。

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zhiming
December 04, 2008, 05:29 AM

cool