Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2018 April 9

= April 9 =

can anyone explain this mandarin sentence?
Hi, on this video, from easy taiwanese mandarin 5, around 4:00, there is a sentence I don't understand: I don't get the grammar. It reads like:
 * 那你能接受大范围的... 台湾大范围的推广使用简体字吗?
 * Nà nǐ néng jiēshòu dà fànwéi de... Táiwān dà fànwéi de tuīguǎng shǐyòng jiǎntǐzì ma?
 * Can you accept a wide range of... Taiwan's promotion of the use of simplified characters?
 * Na you can accept (wide range) ... Taiwan widespread de extend use simplified characters. I think tuīguǎng and shǐyòng are both verbs, right? So what is the "de" particle doing in that place? And is there a better word-by-word translation that makes both the sense of it and the underlying grammar transparent? Can it be "de extending using simplified characters"? Thanks, IBE (talk) 23:53, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Word by word: "Then, (那) you (你) can (能) accept (接受) wide-range (大范围的) ... Taiwan (台湾) wide-range (大范围的) promoting (推广) using (使用) simplified characters (简体字) [question]? (吗?)"
 * Literallly but in correct word order and grammar: "Then, can you accept wide-range ... Taiwan [undertaking] wide-range promotion of the use of simplified characters?"
 * Hope that helps. The "..." appears to be because the speaker went back to correct themselves by adding "Taiwan" before "wide-range". --PalaceGuard008 (Talk) 09:32, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Definitely helps, thanks. Wide range promoting? That is, using your word by word version, I think it's like "Can you accept me promoting fruit juice to people?" Accept me doing such and such, so what part of speech are these: wide-range (大范围的) promoting (推广) using (使用)? Is wide-range an adjective modifying promoting? IBE (talk) 00:49, 12 April 2018 (UTC)