动词叠用 use of reduplicated verbs
Several common usages of reduplication by young native speakers are in fact incorrect.
情况 conditions under what conditions can we use reduplicated verbs?
1, 勇士非常断
a completed verb action which has occurred in a very brief space of time.
学校离我家很近，我走走过去就行．
你听听看，这首歌怎么样？
２． 尝试做某事
repeatedly trying to do a given action (in a brief space of time)
3. 客气，请求帮忙
to be polite, and request a favor
请帮帮我，我找不到我的眼镜
听 看 笑 休息
these are verbs in which we can reinforce the action by repetition to completion and thus reduplication is appropriate.
来 死 丢 结婚
these are verbs we cannot reinforce by repetition to completion and thus reduplication is inappropriate.
We can reduplicate verbs where the verb is one over which we have control
想 选 跑 商量
Where the verb is one over which we have no control we cannot reduplicate it
忘 病 掉 晕倒
单音节动词
Simple reduplication: patterns
看 听 想
看看
看一看
看了看
Conditions for these are:
１． Event has not happened yet. Use 一yi, but may also omit 一yi
2. If the event has already occurred then you must use 了 to so indicate
Complex reduplication: 2 syllable verb is reduplicate in its 2 syllable form
商量商量
考虑考虑
观察观察
You cannot insert 一 or 了 between reduplicated 2 syllable verbs.
Seperable verbs 离合词
Seperable verbs take the pattern of Verb+Verb+Completion particle (AAB)
游游泳
泡泡不
打打球
You cannot reduplicate the verb if it includes zai在 or zhengzai正在