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    Flame | offlineLv1 | Expired Date：2009.02.25 05:54

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Ok, I'm confused!

A Chinese language learning software translates "Can you help me?" as "ni neng bu neng bangzhu wo?

 I was attempting to find the characters for this sentence but Im having problems with the "neng bu neng" part.

 

ni = 你 you

bangzhu = 帮助 help

wo = 我 me

neng bu neng = ????

 

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Ironfrost | offline Lv8 | Answer Date：2009.02.05 09:39 (4) | (0)

It's quite common in Chinese to ask questions using verb不verb. For example, "能不能？" = "can you do this or not?"; "要不要？" = "do you want this or not?", "走不走？" = "are you going or not?" etc.

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luckyfeitong | offline Lv1 | Answer Date：2009.02.10 22:05 (0) | (1)

i am chinese,i will help you

my e-mail :luckyfeitong@126.com

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wendy | offline Lv6 | Answer Date：2009.02.05 18:20 (0) | (0)

"ni neng bu neng bangzhu wo? is “你能不能帮助我？”

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Image0611 | offline Lv1 | Answer Date：2009.02.05 07:43 (1) | (0)

The Chinese character for neng bu neng = 能不能, meaning, can
Another way to say Can you help me? is 你能帮我吗? ni neng bang wo ma?

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