Directional complements
Can anyobe please help me translate tese sentences into mandarin?
1. The puppy comes out running.
2. The puppy comes running (in my direction).
3. The puppy comes out running (in my direcion)
According to what I know it should be:
1. 小狗跑出。
2. 小狗跑来。
3. 小狗跑出来。
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Most natural to my ears:
1. 小狗跑出来。(来 can be used here because even if the puppy is not running towards /you/ specifically, it is still coming out /towards/ your direction.)
2. 小狗跑过来。
3. 小狗向我跑出来。
跑出 by itself sounds strange. You also cannot have both 出 and 过, hence the use of 向我 in sentence 3.
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