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#常 #adverb
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The adverb 常cháng and it's reduplicated form 常常chángcháng always come after the subject in a sentence:
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1. 我朋友(常/常常)来看我。
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wǒ péngyou (cháng/chángcháng) lái kàn wǒ
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My friend often comes to see me.
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>[!warning] Adverb Order #order
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>Adverb ordering with 常 should be: 也 》都 》常
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# Negation #不
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When the sentence is negated, only the monosyllabic form 常cháng is used.
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The ordering of 不 and 常 changes the meaning:
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- 不常
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bù cháng
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not often
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(commonly used)
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- 常不
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cháng bù
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often not
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(only really used in idiomatic expressions)
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