Why use 会 in this sentence 我下楼打会儿求？
Why use 会 in this sentence 我下楼打会儿球。I'm going downstairs to play ball. Why not just 我下楼打球？

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会here means 一会儿 which means you want to play ball for a bit. While '我下楼打球？',you tell somebody what you do without referring to the time.

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会儿 = 一会儿   a little while
 
He went downstairs to play ball for a bit.

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here 会儿=一会儿= for a short while
I'm going downstairs to play ball for a short while.=我下楼打会儿球

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会在表示一小段时间时一般都和儿连用

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第一句中的“会儿”强调了时间不长，第二句中只说明了动作。

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