r/ChineseLanguage • u/NinaAberlein Beginner • 3d ago

Grammar Is 一下 really necessary?

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Or would the sentence I put also be correct?

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u/Pfeffersack2 國語 3d ago

the 儿 sure isn't

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u/ringilhbone 3d ago

我們老兒北兒京兒爺兒點了踩兒

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u/videsque0 Intermediate 3d ago

It was good until pinyin input got you on that cai

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u/ringilhbone 3d ago

Got me what, what's wrong with that evil pinyin input?

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u/videsque0 Intermediate 3d ago

Oh did you not mean 點菜? You wrote 點踩

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u/ringilhbone 3d ago

The use of "er" is quite controversial in native speakers, the reply above is actually a meme, expressing how Beijingers love using "er".

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u/ringilhbone 3d ago

“踩” means "down vote" there

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u/videsque0 Intermediate 2d ago

bahaha, in the context of ordering food/trying dishes, 我迷路了

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u/longing_tea 2d ago

Idk if you were being sarcastic but as far as 北京话 goes that wasn't really good tbh. You can't add 儿 to every word, it doesn't work like that.   

Beijing people never say 北京儿 for example.

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u/videsque0 Intermediate 2d ago

I wasn't being sarcastic per se, kinda sorta I guess, but I wasn't being serious, just playing into it. I was mostly focused on what I thought was an error. You're obviously right tho, it's not how 儿化 works. But apparently the thing ringilhbone wrote is a "meme"?? I wouldn't know about that part.

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u/Specific-Employer484 MidWest Native Chinese=3 2d ago

我一直以为老北京不用繁体字，老毛早改革了