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thaumasiotes
on Aug 11, 2016
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Five languages that came from English
Also in standard mandarin, where you can soften an imperative (I am told that the intuition is that the duration of such a modified verb is short) by adding 一下 "one time".
As far as I know (not authoritative), the construction is native.
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As far as I know (not authoritative), the construction is native.