As a general rule, we try not to answer most questions like this in the Discord. Many of us truly believe that the “accept the ambiguity” advice of the Refold website is really important. We highly recommend you do your best to constantly hunt for low-hanging fruit. Sentences that with minimal effort (a quick dictionary search) you can understand easily. If it’s grammar you don’t understand, give it a quick Google search or check on the Chinese Grammar Wiki. If you still don’t understand it after that, just move on. The faster you can train your brain to let go of things out of your reach and keep hunting for this low-hanging fruit, the quicker you will make progress. Don't obsess over why something is the way it is; just accept it and continue trying to figure it out over time as you get more examples through additional input.
It's great that you have questions. But Discord/other learners is not where you find answers to those questions. Immersion is where you will find answers to those questions. It's a mindset that will pay dividends as you continue on your journey. Once your brain is primed with a question, it will hunt for the answer in immersion and result in an instinct for the language that no grammar guide, no language learner, and often even, no average native Chinese speaker will ever be able to give you. So, you'll see this a lot, “the answer is immersion.” “Acquire” the language, don't “learn” it.
Note: This applies to any questions about language function. “How are A and B different? How are A and B the same? Why is A this way? Why isn't B this way?” Whatever modification to the same idea you can think of, the answer is the same. Look it up in a dictionary or Google it. If you still don’t understand, just move on and immerse more. You’ll be able to understand it at some point down the line.
This is not because we don't want to answer your question. This is because it's better for YOU that we don't. Happy immersing!
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