i__forget Posted August 6, 2017 at 02:06 PM Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 at 02:06 PM 每家只能养一只狗，要给狗狗办登记，而且不能把狗带到医院、学校、海边等地方。 Can someone explain to me why 狗 is used twice in the sentence above? What does "dog dog" mean? Thanks a lot and sorry if the question is stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minotaur Posted August 6, 2017 at 02:17 PM Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 at 02:17 PM Just to be cute. It consciously immitates the way little child speaks. You may hear a parent speak to his/her child like:“再不乖就要打屁屁了！” While AABB and ABB structures are quite common amoung adjectives, they are not the same as what described above. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i__forget Posted August 6, 2017 at 03:17 PM Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 at 03:17 PM ok, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calibre2001 Posted August 6, 2017 at 05:05 PM Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 at 05:05 PM An affectionate term like "doggy". 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zbigniew Posted August 6, 2017 at 06:53 PM Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 at 06:53 PM This sort of reduplication for hypocoristic purposes is fairly common across the world's languages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted August 6, 2017 at 07:13 PM Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 at 07:13 PM Cute yes, but in this context it also refers to a dog that's close to you, part of the family. That is, here it means "your pooch." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zbigniew Posted August 6, 2017 at 07:26 PM Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 at 07:26 PM 6 minutes ago, 889 said: Cute yes, but in this context it also refers to a dog that's close to you, part of the family. That is, here it means "your pooch." I'm not sure whether the "but" is aimed at anyone in particular. In fact "doggie" can have the same weakly demonstrative function in English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted August 6, 2017 at 08:25 PM Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 at 08:25 PM This is a poster directed at dog owners. And it's written to them. Who else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zbigniew Posted August 6, 2017 at 08:41 PM Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 at 08:41 PM Sorry, I think we may be talking at cross purposes; I'm not sure how your post follows from what I've said. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted August 6, 2017 at 10:00 PM Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 at 10:00 PM It's a draw! I couldn't quite follow your comment on my post either, but took a stab nonetheless, and apparently missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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