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From :   dave

Date : 2009-08-03 / 05:50PM

Hey Benny xian sheng,

I want to know how to say “I grew up here.”

I was born in Taiwan but I grew up in the USA. What are different types of verbs for to grow like a person, animal, and plant?

Thank you!!!

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2009-08-03 / 09:59PM

Hi Dave, ni hao,

You can say "wǒ zài zhè li zhǎng dà de 我在这里长大的 = I grew up here

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 Jenny hotmail.com 
2009-08-04 / 11:25AM

Actually, you can also use 长大 for animals. For plants, we use 生长 sheng1 zhang3.

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