Dare to with 敢

Structure Subject + (不) 敢 + Verb

敢 (gǎn) means "dare to": 我不敢一个人去 = "I don’t dare go alone". It goes before the verb. It’s very common in the negative (不敢) and in questions (敢不敢…?). It’s about the courage, or lack of it, to do something.

Examples

我wǒ不bù敢gǎn一yī个ge人rén去qù。
I don’t dare go alone.
你nǐ敢gǎn不bù敢gǎn试shì试shi？
Do you dare to give it a try?
天tiān太tài黑hēi，我wǒ不bù敢gǎn出chū去qù。
It’s too dark; I don’t dare go out.

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